You see it in educational studies. You read and nod to yourself: “yes that makes sense, they determiner reliability of…”, but do you know it is being used correctly? How do people come up with with criteria like a 0.7 cut off? I’ve wondered about this and, honestly, still don’t understand Chronbach’s alpha well. However, this publication helped:
Jack Barbera, Nicole Naibert, Regis Komperda, and Thomas C. Pentecost
Journal of Chemical Education Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00183
It is a short and informative read. Importantly, it provides useful examples, simple explanations, and limitations of the use of Chronbach’s alpha. it is worth reading! I think I need more basic information about use cases now!
