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Commentary on Coefficient Alpha: A Cautionary Tale

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Samuel Green ()
Yanyun Yang
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Volume (Year): 74 (2009)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 121-135
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Keywords: reliability; coefficient alpha; violation of assumptions; structural equation modeling;

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  1. Melvin Novick & Charles Lewis, 1967. "Coefficient alpha and the reliability of composite measurements," Psychometrika, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 1-13, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Samuel Green & Yanyun Yang, 2009. "Reliability of Summed Item Scores Using Structural Equation Modeling: An Alternative to Coefficient Alpha," Psychometrika, Springer, vol. 74(1), pages 155-167, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. John Schmid & John Leiman, 1957. "The development of hierarchical factor solutions," Psychometrika, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 53-61, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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