Part II: On the use, the misuse, and the very limited usefulness of Cronbach's alpha: discussing lower bounds and correlated errors
DOI10.1007/S11336-021-09789-8zbMATH Open1480.62238OpenAlexW3191783296MaRDI QIDQ2073728FDOQ2073728
Authors: Klaas Sijtsma, Julius M. Pfadt 
Publication date: 7 February 2022
Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-021-09789-8
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