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A Test of the Hypothesis that Cronbach's Alpha or Kuder-Richardson Coefficent Twenty is the Same for Two Tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Leonard S. Feldt
Leonard S. Feldt*
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Abstract

An approximate statistical test is derived for the hypothesis that the reliability coefficients (Cronbach's α) associated with two measurement procedures are equal. Control of Type I error is investigated by comparing empirical sampling distributions of the test statistic with the theoretical model derived for it. The effect of platykurtosis in the test-score distribution on the test statistic is also considered.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 1969 , pp. 363 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © 1969 The Psychometric Society

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