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Note on Two Generalizations of Coefficient Alpha

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Nambury S. Raju
Nambury S. Raju*
Affiliation:
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Abstract

An important relationship is given for two generalizations of coefficient alpha, Rajaratnam, Cronbach and Gleser's generalizability formula for stratified-parallel tests and Raju's coefficient beta.

Keywords

reliabilitycoefficient alphacoefficient betastratified-parallel tests
Type
Notes And Comments
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , September 1979 , pp. 347 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

The author gratefully acknowledges the generous assistance given by reviewers and the editor.

References

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Rajaratnam, N., Cronbach, L. J., & Gleser, G. C. Generalizability of stratified-parallel tests. Psychometrika, 1965, 30, 39–56.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Raju, N. S. A generalization of coefficient alpha. Psychometrika, 1977, 42, 549–565.CrossRefGoogle Scholar