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Inequalities among lower bounds to reliability: With applications to test construction and factor analysis

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  • J. Woodward

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  • P. Bentler & J. Woodward, 1980. "Inequalities among lower bounds to reliability: With applications to test construction and factor analysis," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 45(2), pages 249-267, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:psycho:v:45:y:1980:i:2:p:249-267
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02294079
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    1. Paul Jackson, 1979. "A note on the relation between coefficient alpha and guttman's “split-half” lower bounds," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 44(2), pages 251-252, June.
    2. Brian Woodhouse & Paul Jackson, 1977. "Lower bounds for the reliability of the total score on a test composed of non-homogeneous items: II: A search procedure to locate the greatest lower bound," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 42(4), pages 579-591, December.
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    6. Peter Bentler, 2009. "Alpha, Dimension-Free, and Model-Based Internal Consistency Reliability," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 74(1), pages 137-143, March.
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    8. Alexander Shapiro & Jos Berge, 2000. "The asymptotic bias of minimum trace factor analysis, with applications to the greatest lower bound to reliability," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 65(3), pages 413-425, September.
    9. William Revelle & Richard Zinbarg, 2009. "Coefficients Alpha, Beta, Omega, and the glb: Comments on Sijtsma," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 74(1), pages 145-154, March.
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    13. Tyler Hunt & Peter Bentler, 2015. "Quantile Lower Bounds to Reliability Based on Locally Optimal Splits," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 80(1), pages 182-195, March.
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