Re: Negative Cronbach's alpha for 0/1 values

Posted by Art Kendall on Oct 01, 2012; 11:20am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Negative-Cronbach-s-alpha-for-0-1-values-tp5715396p5715397.html

How did you come up with the 10 items?
What is(are) the latent construct(s) they are designed to measure?
Were they balanced in direction? If so, did you reflect some items as designed?
What are your 10 items? (variable labels)
How many negative correlations does each have?
On 10/1/2012 3:44 AM, Eins Bernardo wrote:

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.

  

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