On the use, the misuse, and the very limited usefulness of Cronbach's alpha

DOI10.1007/s11336-008-9101-0zbMath1284.62745WikidataQ41968393 ScholiaQ41968393MaRDI QIDQ1013057

Klaas Sijtsma

Publication date: 16 April 2009

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-008-9101-0

zbMATH Keywords

reliability; internal consistency; Cronbach's alpha; unidimensionality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P15: Applications of statistics to psychology

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Uses Software

• SPSS

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