Inequalities among lower bounds to reliability: with applications to test construction and factor analysis

DOI10.1007/BF02294079zbMath0457.62044OpenAlexW2010505280MaRDI QIDQ1151217

J. Arthur Woodward, Peter M. Bentler

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02294079

zbMATH Keywords

reliabilityfactor analysisinternal consistencytest construction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis (62H25) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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