Testing hypotheses involving Cronbach's alpha using marginal models

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-520

  Kuijpers, Renske E ^a   van der Ark, L Andries ^a   Croon, Marcel A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84885424433     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bmsp.12010     Document Type: Article

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