SAS and SPSS macros to calculate standardized Cronbach's alpha using the upper bound of the phi coefficient for dichotomous items

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-81

  Sun, Wei ^a,b   Chou, Chih Ping ^a   Stacy, Alan W ^a   Ma, Huiyan ^a   Unger, Jennifer ^a   Gallaher, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34347249180     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192845     Document Type: Article

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