Negative Cronbach's alpha for 0/1 values

Posted by E. Bernardo on Oct 01, 2012; 7:44am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Negative-Cronbach-s-alpha-for-0-1-values-tp5715396.html

Hope someone can help solve my problem pertaining to the negative Cronbach's alpha.  I have 10 items and each item is coded 0 and 1, where 1 is the correct answer.  Please suggest what shall be done when Cronbach's alpha is negative for 0/1 values.