survey (version 4.4-2)

svycralpha: Cronbach's alpha

Description

Compute Cronbach's alpha coefficient of reliability from survey data. The formula is equation (2) of Cronbach (1951) only with design-based estimates of the variances.

Usage

svycralpha(formula, design, na.rm = FALSE)

Value

A number

Arguments

formula

One-sided formula giving the variables that make up the total score

design

survey design object

na.rm

TRUE to remove missing values

References

Cronbach LJ (1951). "Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests". Psychometrika. 16 (3): 297-334. doi:10.1007/bf02310555.

Examples

Run this code
data(api)
dstrat<-svydesign(id = ~1, strata = ~stype, weights = ~pw, data = apistrat, 
    fpc = ~fpc)
svycralpha(~ell+mobility+avg.ed+emer+meals, dstrat)    

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