THE PROBLEM OF NEGATIVE RELIABILITIES

Authors
KRUS DJ HELMSTADTER GC
Citation
Dj. Krus et Gc. Helmstadter, THE PROBLEM OF NEGATIVE RELIABILITIES, Educational and psychological measurement, 53(3), 1993, pp. 643-650
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational","Psychologym Experimental","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
Journal title
Educational and psychological measurement → ACNP
ISSN journal
00131644
Volume
53
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
643 - 650
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-1644(1993)53:3<643:TPONR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Negative coefficients of reliability, sometimes returned by the standa rd formulae for estimation of the internal-consistency reliability, ar e neither theoretically nor numerically correct. Alternate strategies for test development in this special case are suggested.