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Editorial
. 2011 Jun 27:2:53-55.
doi: 10.5116/ijme.4dfb.8dfd.

Making sense of Cronbach's alpha

Mohsen Tavakol  1 , Reg Dennick  1
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Editorial

Making sense of Cronbach's alpha

Mohsen Tavakol et al. Int J Med Educ. .
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