Statistical power as a function of Cronbach alpha of instrument questionnaire items Data analysis, statistics and modelling

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Heo, Moonseong ^a   Kim, Namhee ^a   Faith, Myles S ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient alpha; Cronbach alpha; Effect size; Internal consistency; Reliability; Statistical power; Test retest correlation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84944076635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0070-6     Document Type: Article

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