On the relationship between coefficient alpha and composite reliability

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-198

  Peterson, Robert A ^a   Kim, Yeolib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient alpha; Composite reliability; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84880985160     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030767     Document Type: Article

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