Alpha inflation? The impact of eliminating scale items on Cronbach's alpha

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-197

  Kopalle, Praveen K ^a   Lehmann, Donald R ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031162006     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1997.2702     Document Type: Article

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