Coefficients alpha and reliabilities of unrotated and rotated components

Psychometrika

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-90

  Ten Berge, Jos M F ^a   Hofstee, Willem K B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coefficient alpha; Components; Factors; Greatest lower bound to reliability; Reliability; Rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033095973     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294321     Document Type: Article

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