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	Σύντομη μορφή του άλφα του Cronbach	Επαληθευτική Παραγοντική Ανάλυση (Confirmatory Factor Analysis - CFA)
Πεδίο	Ψυχομετρία	Ψυχομετρία
Οικογένεια	Latent structure	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	1951 (alpha); short-form practice codified 1980s–2000s	1969
Δημιουργός	L. J. Cronbach (alpha); short-form application formalized across scale-abbreviation literature	Karl Gustav Jöreskog
Τύπος	Internal consistency reliability coefficient	Hypothesis-testing latent variable model
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M. & Anderson, K. G. (2000). On the sins of short-form development. Psychological Assessment, 12(1), 102–111.	Jöreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34(2), 183–202.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	abbreviated scale alpha, brief scale internal consistency, short-scale Cronbach's alpha, reduced-item alpha	CFA, confirmatory FA, measurement model, restricted factor analysis
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	Short-form Cronbach's alpha quantifies the internal consistency reliability of an abbreviated version of a psychological scale. It applies Cronbach's alpha formula to a reduced item set, verifying that the shortened instrument retains sufficient reliability to support valid score interpretation in research and applied contexts.	Confirmatory factor analysis tests a researcher-specified factor structure against observed data. Unlike exploratory approaches, the researcher decides in advance which indicators load on which latent factor, and the model is evaluated by how closely the implied covariance matrix reproduces the sample covariance matrix. CFA is central to scale validation, construct validity assessment, and measurement invariance testing.