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Extension of Feldt’s Approach to Testing Homogeneity of Coefficients of Reliability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Helena Chmura Kraemer
Helena Chmura Kraemer*
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Helena Chmura Kraemer, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
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Abstract

Limitations and extensions of Feldt's approach to testing the equality of Cronbach's alpha coefficients in independent and matched samples are discussed. In particular, this approach is used to test equality of intraclass correlation coefficients.

Keywords

reliabilityalphaintraclass correlation coefficient
Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 41 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health Specialized Research Center Grant # MH-30854.

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