Coefficient alpha is an index of a scale’s internal consistency, showing how strongly its items vary together. It supports reliability only in the samples where it was obtained and cannot by itself establish a scale’s dimensional structure, its validity, or which construct the items measure.
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- DomainOrganization & Structure
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