Re: [R] psych package - Cronbach`s Alpha - warning message

2014-02-17 Thread JLucke
um(tt)) Numerous caveats regarding using C-Alpha apply. And because you have the factor loading you have the reliability of the factor. You don't need C-Alpha. Johannes Moser Sent by: r-help-boun...@r-project.org 02/14/2014 05:24 PM To r-help@r-project.org, cc Subject [R] ps

Re: [R] psych package - Cronbach`s Alpha - warning message

2014-02-15 Thread Ista Zahn
Many of the statistics reported don't make sense with only two items--for example the alpha if an item is dropped makes no sense because dropping an item leaves only one remaining. Best, Ista On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Johannes Moser wrote: > Dear R-help, > > I try to estimate alpha for a

[R] psych package - Cronbach`s Alpha - warning message

2014-02-14 Thread Johannes Moser
Dear R-help, I try to estimate alpha for a factor that loads onto two items, using the psych-package (newest version). The data is from the boston housing data set. The problem I face can be reproduced by the following approximation of the correlation matrix: library("psych") tt <- cbind(c(1,0