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Psychometrika - Revisiting Cronbach’s Alpha

Following up on Klaas Sijtsma's (2009) highly cited contribution 'On the Use, the Misuse, and the Very Limited Usefulness of Cronbach’s Alpha (this opens in a new tab),' Psychometrika is proud to showcase five new contributions that discuss current insights into issues surrounding measures of reliability.  

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Part II: On the Use, the Misuse, and the Very Limited Usefulness of Cronbach’s Alpha: Discussing Lower Bounds and Correlated Errors (this opens in a new tab)

Klaas Sijtsma & Julius M. Pfadt

Neither Cronbach’s Alpha nor McDonald’s Omega: A Commentary on Sijtsma and Pfadt (this opens in a new tab)

Eunseong Cho

A Test Can Have Multiple Reliabilities (this opens in a new tab)

Jules Ellis

Alpha, FACTT, and Beyond (this opens in a new tab)

Peter M. Bentler

Rejoiner: The Future of Reliability (this opens in a new tab)

Klaas Sijtsma

The Invited Review 'Part II: On the Use, the Misuse, and the Very Limited Usefulness of Cronbach’s Alpha: Discussing Lower Bounds and Correlated Errors (Sijtsma & Pfadt, 2021b) (this opens in a new tab)' is followed by commentaries provided by three experts who react to this review and provide their insights on the topic as well as additional references to their own and other scholarly work. The fifth and final contribution "The Future of Reliability (Sijtsma & Pfadt, 2021b) (this opens in a new tab)" provides a rejoinder of the perspectives.

For Additional Readings, please revisit:

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Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests (this opens in a new tab)

Lee J. Cronbach 

On the Use, the Misuse, and the Very Limited Usefulness of Cronbach’s Alpha (this opens in a new tab)

Klaas Sijtsma

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