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Peer reviewedMcDonald, Roderick P. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1978
It is shown that if a behavior domain can be described by the common factor model with a finite number of factors, the squared correlation between the sum of a selection of items and the domain total score is actually greater than coefficient alpha. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Item Analysis, Mathematical Models, Measurement
