Coefficients Alpha, Beta, Omega, and the glb: Comments on Sijtsma
PsychometrikaPublished 10 December 2008
William Revelle, Richard E. Zinbarg
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Abstract
There are three fundamental problems in Sijtsma (Psychometrika, 2008): (1) contrary to the name, the glb is not the greatest lower bound of reliability but rather is systematically less than ω t (McDonald, Test theory: A unified treatment, Erlbaum, Hillsdale, 1999), (2) we agree with Sijtsma that when considering how well a test measures one concept, α is not appropriate, but recommend ω t rather than the glb, and (3) the end user needs procedures that are readily available in open source software.
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