Reliability Analysis

 

Reliability is one of the most important characteristics of good psychological measures. To compute the standard measure of internal consistency, coefficient alpha, click Statistics > Scale > Reliability Analysis.... The variables that make up the scale to be analyzed should be transferred to the Items box. Then click the Statistics... button and request all the descriptive statistics plus the inter-item correlations.

 

 

 


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