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

DOI10.1007/S11336-001-0888-1zbMATH Open1306.62424OpenAlexW2085305990MaRDI QIDQ2260050FDOQ2260050

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Cronbach's alphainternal consistencyreliabilitystandard deviation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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