Examination of the biasing properties of Cronbach coefficient alpha under conditions of varying shapes of data distribution: A Monte Carlo simulation

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 899-902

  Sideridis, Georgios D ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

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EID: 0001275883     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.89.3.899     Document Type: Article

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