Cronbach's, α Revelle's β and McDonald's ω H: Their relations with each other and two alternative conceptualizations of reliability

Psychometrika

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-133

  Zinbarg, Richard E ^a   Revelle, William ^a   Yovel, Iftah ^a   Li, Wen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23244440512     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-003-0974-7     Document Type: Article

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