The impact of missing data on sample reliability estimates: Implications for reliability reporting practices

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-436

  Enders, Craig K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Maximum likelihood; Missing data; Reliability; Reliability generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542569599     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403261050     Document Type: Article

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