APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Reliability in Practice—Moving Beyond Cronbach’s Alpha
- Sarah Newton
University of Connecticut - Shiyu Song
University of Connecticut - M. Simon Wang
University of Connecticut - Scott Brown
University of Connecticut - Kimberly Lawless
University of Illinois at Chicago
Abstract
While researchers commonly use Cronbach’s alpha to estimate data reliability, research suggests that this approach is not appropriate in all contexts. Use of latent variable modeling for reliability estimation continues to gain traction because of its ability to relax the strict assumptions of alpha and provide more-accurate reliability estimates.
Quantitative
