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

2014-02-17 Thread JLucke
I too don't understand the error message. However Coefficient Alpha is easily calculated. To wit: library("psych") tt <- cbind(c(1,0.58) , c(0.58,1)) colnames(tt) = rownames(tt) = list("V1" , "V2") p <- nrow(tt) alpha <- p/(p-1) * (1-sum(diag(tt))/sum(tt)) Numerous caveats regarding using C-A

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