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. 2009 Mar;74(1):169-173.
doi: 10.1007/s11336-008-9103-y. Epub 2008 Dec 23.

Reliability Beyond Theory and Into Practice

Klaas Sijtsma  1
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Reliability Beyond Theory and Into Practice

Klaas Sijtsma. Psychometrika. 2009 Mar.

Abstract

The critical reactions of Bentler (2009, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9100-1), Green and Yang (2009a, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9098-4; 2009b, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9099-3), and Revelle and Zinbarg (2009, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9102-z) to Sijtsma's (2009, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9101-0) paper on Cronbach's alpha are addressed. The dissemination of psychometric knowledge among substantive researchers is discussed.

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