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A Note on Reliability Estimation for a Test with Components of Unknown Functional Lengths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Michelle Liou
Michelle Liou*
Affiliation:
Academia Sinica National Taiwan University
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Requests for reprints should be sent to Michelle Liou, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, R. O. C.
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Abstract

This research note proposes two reliability coefficients for tests with components of unknown functional lengths. The derived coefficients are extensions of the techniques devised by Kristof and Feldt and do not require a reduction of test components into parts. Simulation study indicates that the new coefficients yield reasonably stable reliability estimates when the number of test components is small.

Keywords

reliability coefficientscongeneric tests

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Notes and Comments
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Psychometrika , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 153 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

I am grateful to Min-Te Chao for helpful comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript, and to Lien-Chi Yu for programming the simulation part of the study.

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