Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: > Hello: > > I am reviewing a paper at the moment where the author reports a > Cronbach's Alpha and adds a significance test of the value. I was not > aware that such a test exists. Does it? If so, how is it done in R? > Hi Tom,
This may be due to the fact that some interpret Cronbach's alpha as a correlation between items, thus encouraging the unwary to assume that the probability of a numerically equivalent correlation can be used as a test of significance. Jim ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
