Coefficient beta and hierarchical item clustering: An analytical procedure for establishing and displaying the dimensionality and homogeneity of summated scales

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-98

  Cooksey, Ray W ^a   Soutar, Geoffrey N ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management   (New Zealand)

^d Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coefficient alpha; Coefficient beta; ICLUST; Item clustering; Summated scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844472011     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428105283939     Document Type: Review

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