Reliability beyond theory and into practice

Abstract

The critical reactions of Bentler (2009, doi: 10.1007/s11336-008-9100-1 ), Green and Yang (2009a, doi: 10.1007/s11336-008-9098-4 ; 2009b, doi: 10.1007/s11336-008-9099-3 ), and Revelle and Zinbarg (2009, doi: 10.1007/s11336-008-9102-z ) to Sijtsma's (2009, doi: 10.1007/s11336-008-9101-0 ) paper on Cronbach's alpha are addressed. The dissemination of psychometric knowledge among substantive researchers is discussed.