Scale reliability, Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha, and violations of essential tau-equivalence with fixed congeneric components

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-353

  Raykov, Tenko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0031329798     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327906mbr3204_2     Document Type: Article

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