The problem with Cronbach's alpha: Comment on Sijtsma and van der Ark (2015)

Claudio Barbaranelli; Christopher S. Lee; Ercole Vellone; Barbara Riegel

doi:10.1097/NNR.0000000000000079

The problem with Cronbach's alpha: Comment on Sijtsma and van der Ark (2015)

Claudio Barbaranelli, Christopher S. Lee, Ercole Vellone, Barbara Riegel

School of Nursing

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Abstract

Knowledge of a scale's dimensionality is an essential preliminary step to the application of any measure of reliability derived from classical test theory - an approach commonly used is nursing research. The focus of this article is on the applied aspects of reliability and dimensionality testing. Throughout the article, the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index is used to exemplify real-world data challenges of quantifying reliability and to provide insight into how to overcome such challenges.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	140-145
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nursing research
Volume	64
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000079
State	Published - Mar 25 2015

Keywords

Self-Care of Heart Failure Index
psychological measurement
psychometrics
questionnaires
reliability
reproducibility of results

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General Nursing

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