Methoden vergleichen

	Cronbachs Alpha bei computergestützten adaptiven Tests	Cronbachs Alpha (Reliabilitätsanalyse)
Fachgebiet	Psychometrie	Statistik
Familie	Latent structure	Latent structure
Entstehungsjahr	1984	1951
Urheber	Adapted from Cronbach (1951); CAT reliability framing developed by Green, Bock, Humphreys, Linn & Reckase (1984)	Lee J. Cronbach
Typ	Reliability / internal consistency estimation	Reliability / internal consistency coefficient
Wegweisende Quelle	Green, B. F., Bock, R. D., Humphreys, L. G., Linn, R. L., & Reckase, M. D. (1984). Technical guidelines for assessing computerized adaptive tests. Journal of Educational Measurement, 21(4), 347–360.	Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16(3), 297–334.
Aliasnamen	CAT reliability estimation, adaptive test internal consistency, CAT coefficient alpha, reliability in CAT	coefficient alpha, alpha reliability, internal consistency reliability, Güvenilirlik Analizi (Cronbach Alpha)
Verwandt	3	4
Zusammenfassung	Cronbach's alpha applied to computerized adaptive test (CAT) data estimates internal consistency reliability under the special condition that different examinees receive different subsets of items. Because the classic formula assumes every respondent answers the same items, its direct application to CAT data violates core assumptions and typically underestimates or misrepresents true reliability, requiring careful adaptation or replacement with IRT-based reliability indices.	Cronbach's alpha is a coefficient of internal consistency that quantifies the degree to which a set of items on a scale measures the same underlying construct. Introduced by Lee J. Cronbach in 1951, it remains the most widely reported reliability index in social-science, health, and educational research.