Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ667565
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Publication Date: 2003
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Estimation of Internal Consistency Reliability When Test Parts Vary in Effective Length.
Feldt, Leonard S.; Charter, Richard A.
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, v36 n1 p23-27 Apr 2003
Evaluating a test's reliability often requires dividing it into 3 or more unequal parts, which causes violation of the tau equivalence assumption of Cronbach's alpha. This article presents a criterion for abandoning alpha and an approach for computing a more appropriate estimate of reliability, the Gilmer-Feldt coefficient. (Author)
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Language: English
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