Effect of simultaneous violations of essential τ-equivalence and uncorrelated error on coefficient α

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-348

  Komaroff, Eugene ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Coefficient ; Confirmatory factor analysis; Correlated error; Essential equivalence; Experimental independence; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000054328     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01466216970214004     Document Type: Article

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