Vertaile menetelmiä

	Cronbachin alfa tietokoneistetussa adaptiivisessa testissä	Cronbachin alfa (Reliability Analysis)
Tieteenala	Psykometriikka	Tilastotiede
Menetelmäperhe	Latent structure	Latent structure
Syntyvuosi	1984	1951
Kehittäjä	Adapted from Cronbach (1951); CAT reliability framing developed by Green, Bock, Humphreys, Linn & Reckase (1984)	Lee J. Cronbach
Tyyppi	Reliability / internal consistency estimation	Reliability / internal consistency coefficient
Alkuperäislähde	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.
Rinnakkaisnimet	CAT reliability estimation, adaptive test internal consistency, CAT coefficient alpha, reliability in CAT	coefficient alpha, alpha reliability, internal consistency reliability, Güvenilirlik Analizi (Cronbach Alpha)
Liittyvät	3	4
Tiivistelmä	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.