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What is Cronbach’s Alpha Statistic

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Methodological Innovations in Research and Academic Writing
A measure of internal consistency of a survey. The closer this statistic is to 1.0, the more consistent the survey.
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An Introduction to Survey Research
Colleen Halupa (East Texas Baptist University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8283-1.ch003
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an easy-to-understand overview of several important concepts for selecting and creating survey instruments for dissertations and other types of doctoral research. This chapter includes information on instrument selection, survey validation, and survey instrument creation. A review of survey scale types and important definitions and concepts related to survey research is included. A sample conceptual framework that can be used to link research questions, relevant literature, and survey questions is also provided.
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