A Unified Approach to Multi-item Reliability

Biometrics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1061-1068

  Alonso, Ariel ^a   Laenen, Annouschka ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a,b   Geys, Helena ^c   Vangeneugden, Tony ^d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^d JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Multi item rating scales; Reliability

Indexed keywords

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

FACTORS ANALYSIS; GENERAL MODEL; ITEMS RATINGS; MULTI-ITEM; MULTI-ITEM RATING SCALE; MULTI-ITEM SCALE; PROPERTY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY PROBLEMS; UNIFIED APPROACH;

BIOMETRICS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78650041726     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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