SPSSX Discussion - Cronbach alpha sensitivity to small samples

Cronbach alpha sensitivity to small samples

Posted by Mark Webb-5 on Jan 27, 2012; 8:39am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Cronbach-alpha-sensitivity-to-small-samples-tp5434804.html

I'm aware that Alpha is sensitive to the number of statements used.
Can members please comment on the pros/cons of using this statistic if sample sizes are low {e.g. N=16} - the number of statements are > 12.
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