Coefficient Alpha and The Internal Structure of Tests  

Oleh:

Cronbach, Lee J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Psychometrika: A Journal of Quantitative Psychology vol. 16 no. 3 (Sep. 1951), page 297-334.
Topik: Coefficient Alpha; Structure of Tests
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Isi artikel

A general formula (a) of which a special case is the Kuder-Richardson coefficient of equivalence is shown to be the mean of all split-half coefficients resulting from different splittings of a test. a is therefore an estimate of the correlation between two random samples of items from a universe of items like those in the test. a is found to be an appropriate index of equivalence and, except for very short tests, of the first-factor concentration in the test. Tests divisible into distinct subtests should be so divided before using the formula. The index r¯ij , derived from a, is shown to be an index of inter-item homogeneity. Comparison is made to the Guttman and Loevinger approaches. Parallel split coefficients are shown to be unnecessary for tests of common types. In designing tests, maximum interpretability of scores is obtained by increasing the first-factor concentration in any separately-scored subtest and avoiding substantial group-factor clusters within a subtest. Scalability is not a requisite.

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