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dc.contributor.author | 김성훈 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-09T02:18:25Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-09T02:18:25Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS, v. 18, NO 2, Page. 207-230 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1094-4281 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1552-7425 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://orm.sagepub.com/content/18/2/207 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/24243 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study disproves the following six common misconceptions about coefficient alpha: (a) Alpha was first developed by Cronbach. (b) Alpha equals reliability. (c) A high value of alpha is an indication of internal consistency. (d) Reliability will always be improved by deleting items using alpha if item deleted. (e) Alpha should be greater than or equal to .7 (or, alternatively, .8). (f) Alpha is the best choice among all published reliability coefficients. This study discusses the inaccuracy of each of these misconceptions and provides a correct statement. This study recommends that the assumptions of unidimensionality and tau-equivalency be examined before the application of alpha and that structural equation modeling (SEM)-based reliability estimators be substituted for alpha when one of these conditions is not satisfied. This study also provides formulas for SEM-based reliability estimators that do not rely on matrix notation and step-by-step explanations for the computation of SEM-based reliability estimates. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: The present research has been conducted by the Research Grant of Kwangwoon University in 2014. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | en_US |
dc.subject | reliability | en_US |
dc.subject | coefficient alpha | en_US |
dc.subject | tau-equivalency | en_US |
dc.subject | internal consistency | en_US |
dc.subject | multidimensionality | en_US |
dc.subject | multiple-factor model | en_US |
dc.title | Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha: Well Known but Poorly Understood | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.relation.no | 2 | - |
dc.relation.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1094428114555994 | - |
dc.relation.page | 207-230 | - |
dc.relation.journal | ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Cho, Eunseong | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Kim, Seonghoon | - |
dc.relation.code | 2015016674 | - |
dc.sector.campus | S | - |
dc.sector.daehak | COLLEGE OF EDUCATION[S] | - |
dc.sector.department | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | - |
dc.identifier.pid | seonghoonkim | - |
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