A note on the estimator of the alpha coefficient for standardized variables under normality

DOI10.1007/S11336-001-0888-1MaRDI QIDQ2260050zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kentaro Hayashi, Akihito Kamata

Publication date 5 March 2015

Published in Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-001-0888-1

zbMATH Keywords

Cronbach's alphainternal consistencyreliabilitystandard deviation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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