A simulation approach on Cronbach's alpha statistical significance

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 336-340

  Leontitsis, Alexandros ^a,b   Pagge, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cronbach's alpha; Simulation; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CRONBACH'S ALPHA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33845481283     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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