Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests

DOI10.1007/BF02310555zbMath1367.62314WikidataQ29042519 ScholiaQ29042519MaRDI QIDQ2012664

Publication date: 2 August 2017

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis (62H25) Measurement and performance in psychology (91E45) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

Related Items

Hierarchical disjoint principal component analysis ⋮ Foreign direct investment: robustness analysis of an attractiveness index ⋮ Asymptotic standard errors of intraclass correlation coefficients for two-way model ⋮ Reliability coefficients for multiple group item response theory models ⋮ Antecedents for blockchain technology-enabled sustainable agriculture supply chain ⋮ The effects of cognitive style and model type on DSS acceptance: An empirical study ⋮ Quality of Life: Design and Analyses Issues in Clinical Trials ⋮ The effect of combining categories on Bennett, Alpert and Goldstein's \(S\) ⋮ Fuzzy rating scales: does internal consistency of a measurement scale benefit from coping with imprecision and individual differences in psychological rating? ⋮ Perspectives on psychometrics interviews with 20 past Psychometric Society presidents ⋮ A mixture model to assess perception of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation for policy considerations ⋮ Development of a measure to assess quality management in certified firms ⋮ Competitive strategy and plant-level flexibility ⋮ Covariate-free and covariate-dependent reliability ⋮ Unnamed Item ⋮ Outsourcing decisions in global supply chains: an exploratory multi-country survey ⋮ ON MEASURING IMPRECISION IN HUMAN RESPONSE DUE TO RESPONDENT AND ATTRIBUTE AND ITS UTILITY IN QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN ⋮ Foundation of nomology ⋮ Network properties of healthy and Alzheimer brains ⋮ Second-order disjoint factor analysis ⋮ A multi-group higher-order factor analysis for studying the gender-effect in teacher job satisfaction ⋮ McDonald's ω_t, Cronbach's α, and Generalized θ for Composite Reliability of Common Factors Structures ⋮ Reliability and expected loss: A unifying principle ⋮ Optimization and data structure: Seven faces of dual scaling ⋮ Resampling-based inference methods for comparing two coefficients alpha ⋮ General estimators for the reliability of qualitative data ⋮ Reliability of test scores in nonparametric item response theory ⋮ Alpha factor analysis ⋮ The statistical theory of stepped-up reliability coefficients when a test has been divided into several equivalent parts ⋮ Conditional maximum likelihood estimation in polytomous Rasch models using SAS ⋮ A simulation approach on Cronbach's alpha statistical significance ⋮ Evaluation of logistics providers for sustainable service quality: analytics based decision making framework ⋮ Game awareness: a questionnaire ⋮ Note on two generalizations of coefficient alpha ⋮ Lower bounds to the reliabilities of factor score estimators ⋮ Standard error of ability estimates and the classification accuracy and consistency of binary decisions ⋮ Empirical relationships between some manufacturing practices and performance ⋮ A comparison of reliability coefficients for psychometric tests that consist of two parts ⋮ A generalized framework for classical test theory ⋮ Treating unobserved heterogeneity in PLS path modeling: a comparison of FIMIX-PLS with different data analysis strategies ⋮ A tutorial on how to do a Mokken scale analysis on your test and questionnaire data ⋮ On robustness of the normal-theory based asymptotic distributions of three reliability coefficient estimates ⋮ Determining Six Sigma success factors in Turkey by using structural equation modeling ⋮ Future of psychometrics: Ask what psychometrics can do for psychology ⋮ Introducing validity in fuzzy probability for judicial decision-making ⋮ Assessing inter-rater reliability when the raters are fixed: Two concepts and two estimates ⋮ Product concept and prototype flexibility in manufacturing: Implications for customer satisfaction ⋮ The asymptotic bias of minimum trace factor analysis, with applications to the greatest lower bound to reliability ⋮ Coefficients alpha and reliabilities of unrotated and rotated components ⋮ A widely applicable extension of the random effects two-way layout: its definition and statistical analysis based on group invariance ⋮ Exact distributions of intraclass correlation and Cronbach's alpha with Gaussian data and general covariance ⋮ The greatest lower bound to the reliability of a test and the hypothesis of unidimensionality ⋮ A note on the estimator of the alpha coefficient for standardized variables under normality ⋮ Cronbach's \(\alpha\), Revelle's \(\beta\), and McDonald's \(\omega_h\): their relations with each other and two alternative conceptualizations of reliability ⋮ Estimation of reliability and true score variance from a split of a test into three arbitrary parts ⋮ Antecedents of leadtime competitiveness in make-to-order manufacturing firms ⋮ Fuzzy \(c\)-means clustering and internet portals: a case study ⋮ Reliability coefficients as a function of individual differences induced by a learning process assuming identical organisms ⋮ Estimation of the reliability of a test divided into two parts of unequal length ⋮ On the distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator of Cronbach's alpha ⋮ Robust estimation of Cronbach's alpha ⋮ The ultrametric correlation matrix for modelling hierarchical latent concepts ⋮ An action-research based instrument for monitoring continuous quality improvement ⋮ Cross-group analysis of knowledge-based economy indicators ⋮ The effectiveness of assigned goals in complex financial decision making and the importance of gender ⋮ Chronotype, risk and time preferences, and financial behaviour ⋮ Kappa coefficients for dichotomous-nominal classifications ⋮ A generalization of coefficient alpha ⋮ On the roots of the intrinsic value of decision rights: experimental evidence ⋮ Book review of: E. J. Beh and R. Lombardo, Correspondence analysis. Theory, practice and new strategies ⋮ A series of lower bounds to the reliability of a test ⋮ A Method for Simulating Multivariate Non Normal Distributions with Specified Standardized Cumulants and Intraclass Correlation Coefficients ⋮ On the use, the misuse, and the very limited usefulness of Cronbach's alpha ⋮ Commentary on coefficient alpha: a cautionary tale ⋮ Coefficients alpha, beta, omega, and the glb: comments on Sijtsma ⋮ Reliability beyond theory and into practice ⋮ Does employee participation matter? An empirical study on the effects of participation on well-being and organizational performance ⋮ Computer-aided unbalanced supersaturated designs involving interactions ⋮ Two-way imputation: a Bayesian method for estimating missing scores in tests and questionnaires, and an accurate approximation ⋮ Construction, properties and statistical applications of positive definite intraclass matrix ⋮ The impact of COVID-19 on students' marks: a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach ⋮ Using item response theory to identify responders to treatment: examples with the Patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS{\circledR}) physical function scale and emotional distress composite ⋮ On the theory of a set of tests which differ only in length ⋮ Sampling fluctuations resulting from the sampling of test items ⋮ Maximizing test validity by item selection ⋮ Item selection methods for increasing test homogeneity ⋮ The relationship between factorial composition of test items and measures of test reliabllity ⋮ Some relations between Guttman's principal components of scale analysis and other psychometric theory ⋮ Part II: On the use, the misuse, and the very limited usefulness of Cronbach's alpha: discussing lower bounds and correlated errors ⋮ Alpha, FACTT, and beyond ⋮ A test can have multiple reliabilities. ⋮ Neither Cronbach's alpha nor McDonald's omega: a commentary on Sijtsma and Pfadt ⋮ The Kuder-Richardson formula (21) as a split-half coefficient, and some remarks on its basic assumption ⋮ Analysis of unreplicated three-way classification, with applications to rater bias and trait independence ⋮ A note on the standard length of a test ⋮ Portfolio selection with robust estimators considering behavioral biases in a causal network ⋮ An academic genealogy of psychometric society presidents ⋮ Analyzing the influence of the rating scale for items in a questionnaire on Cronbach coefficient alpha ⋮ Measurement errors in multivariate measurement scales ⋮ Interpretability of composite indicators based on principal components ⋮ Simultaneous estimation of Cronbach’s alpha coefficients ⋮ Quantile lower bounds to reliability based on locally optimal splits ⋮ Some relationships between Cronbach's alpha and the Spearman-Brown formula ⋮ Environmentally responsible manufacturing: The development and validation of a measurement model ⋮ Hospital capacity management decisions: Emphasis on cost control and quality enhancement ⋮ Bayesian Multi-Faceted TRI Models for Measuring Professor's Performance in the Classroom

Cites Work