Coefficient Alpha Bootstrap Confidence Interval Under Nonnormality

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-348

  Padilla, Miguel A ^a   Divers, Jasmin ^b   Newton, Matthew ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bootstrap; coefficient alpha; confidence interval; Cronbach's alpha; interval estimate; reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862631128     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146621612445470     Document Type: Article

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