Evaluation of Coefficient Alpha for Multiple-Component Measuring Instruments in Complex Sample Designs

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 429-438

  Raykov, Tenko ^a   West, Brady T ^b   Traynor, Anne ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

coefficient alpha; complex sample design; latent variable modeling; probability sampling

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COEFFICIENT ALPHA; COMPLEX SAMPLES; COMPOSITE RELIABILITY; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; LATENT VARIABLE MODELING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PROBABILITY SAMPLING; SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84930571898     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2014.936081     Document Type: Article

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