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Short-form Cronbach's alpha

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.

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Short-Form Cronbach's Alpha Reliability Estimation
Taxonomic method record · latent-structure / psychometrics
  • Smith, G. T., McCarthy, D. M. & Anderson, K. G. (2000). On the sins of short-form development. Psychological Assessment, 12(1), 102–111. · DOI 10.1037/1040-3590.12.1.102
  • Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16(3), 297–334. · DOI 10.1007/BF02310555
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Taxonomic bucketConfirmatory factor analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketItem Response Theorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketShort-form reliability analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketShort-Form Scale Developmentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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