Internal consistency and Cronbach's α: A comment on Beeckman et al. (2010)

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 926-928

  Kottner, Jan ^a   Streiner, David L ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coefficient alpha; Internal consistency; Reliability

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; PRESSURE ULCER; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955897616     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.12.018     Document Type: Note

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