Cronbach’s alpha

a measure of the average strength of association between all possible pairs of items contained within a set of items. It is a commonly used index of the internal consistency of a test and ranges in value from 0, indicating no internal consistency, to 1, indicating perfect internal consistency. Also called alpha coefficient; coefficient alpha. [Lee J. Cronbach]

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May 10th 2024

isotropy

n. the state of being the same, especially with respect to direction or orientation, symmetry of form, or uniformity of responses in the different parts of something. Compare anisotropy. —isotropic adj.