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	Πολυτομική Ωμέγα του McDonald	Διατακτική Άλφα Κρόνμπαχ
Πεδίο	Ψυχομετρία	Ψυχομετρία
Οικογένεια	Latent structure	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	1999 (omega); 2007 (polytomous extension)	2007
Δημιουργός	Roderick P. McDonald (omega); extension for polytomous items by Zumbo, Gadermann & Zeisser	Zumbo, Gadermann, and Zeisser
Τύπος	Reliability coefficient	Internal consistency reliability coefficient
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Zumbo, B. D., Gadermann, A. M., & Zeisser, C. (2007). Ordinal versions of coefficients alpha and theta as measures of internal consistency for Likert rating scales. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 6(1), 21–29.	Zumbo, B. D., Gadermann, A. M., & Zeisser, C. (2007). Ordinal versions of coefficients alpha and theta for Likert rating scales. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 6(1), 21–29.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	ordinal omega, omega for polytomous items, categorical omega, omega polychoric	alpha for ordinal data, polychoric alpha, ordinal reliability coefficient, alpha based on polychoric correlations
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	Polytomous McDonald's omega estimates the internal consistency reliability of a scale composed of ordinal (polytomous) items — such as Likert-type responses — by computing omega from a factor model fitted to the polychoric correlation matrix rather than the Pearson correlation matrix, yielding estimates that are unbiased by the discreteness of item responses.	Ordinal Cronbach's alpha is a reliability coefficient computed from polychoric or polyserial correlations rather than Pearson correlations, making it appropriate for Likert-type and other ordinal item response data. It corrects the systematic downward bias that standard Cronbach's alpha produces when items are treated as continuous but are actually ordinal.