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Multilevel Reliability Analysis
Multilevel reliability analysis estimates the internal consistency of scale scores separately at the within-group (individual) and between-group (cluster) levels. It corrects the bias that arises when ordinary alpha or omega is applied to hierarchically nested data, such as employees within organizations or students within classrooms.
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- Geldhof, G. J., Preacher, K. J., & Zyphur, M. J. (2014). Reliability estimation in a multilevel confirmatory factor analysis framework. Psychological Methods, 19(1), 72–91. DOI: 10.1037/a0032138 ↗
- McNeish, D. (2017). Thanks coefficient alpha, we'll take it from here. Psychological Methods, 22(3), 412–433. DOI: 10.1037/met0000144 ↗