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,' Psychometrika is proud to showcase five new contributions that discuss current insights into issues surrounding measures of reliability.
Title | Author |
Klaas Sijtsma & Julius M. Pfadt | |
Neither Cronbach’s Alpha nor McDonald’s Omega: A Commentary on Sijtsma and Pfadt | Eunseong Cho |
Jules Ellis | |
Peter M. Bentler | |
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)' 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)" provides a rejoinder of the perspectives.
For Additional Readings, please revisit:
Title | Author |
Lee J. Cronbach | |
On the Use, the Misuse, and the Very Limited Usefulness of Cronbach’s Alpha | Klaas Sijtsma |