Cronbach's alpha

Introduction Can you identify critical points in your life that have changed it dramatically? What about critical points in the world’s history? Can your life, or the situation in the world, change back to what it was before the specific critical point? Do you still need to work on the problem even after the dramatic change? The concept of a critical point is something that can be seen in many sciences. For example, in physics, there are critical points when water changes its state – once it…

Correlations determined between overall stress and the 5 factors associated with stress determined the strongest relationship with family issues, r(40) = .77, p < .01, and the weakest relationship with academic concerns, r(40) = .31, p < .05. Cronbach’s alpha determined the internal reliability for all 5 coping behaviors items to be .58. Further results reported a stronger internal reliability of .69 if item regarding academic concerns was excluded from the…

The third feature is the internal consistency reliability which comprises of using groups of items to assess or measure different aspects of the same concept. Furthermore, it has also been maintained that internal consistency is measured by “Cronbach’s alpha” which Jupp (2006) demonstrated to be a measure on how well different items complement each other in measuring the same concept and forms a single scale (Jupp 2006). Of great significance, Wood and Haber (2006) highlighted that it is…

Alexithymia. Some individuals cannot identify or describe how they feel. This condition is known as alexithymia, which represents difficulty identifying and describing feelings and externally oriented thinking, which is the tendency to focus on external rather than internal events and experiences (Thompson & Schoenbrun, 2013). Emotional awareness theory states that individuals with alexithymia are unable to cognitively identify feelings by recognizing physiological signs of emotions (Shishido,…

CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter explains the methods and procedures taken throughout the execution of this research. It includes information on the research questions, participants and sample for this study, research design, research instrument, the validity and reliability of the instrument, data collection and also data analysis. 3.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS This study addresses several specific research questions as follows: 1. What is primary teachers’ level…

This study is based on conceptual framework from Donabedian (1966) McCkorkle et al. 2011. Mitchel, Ferketish and Jennings (1998) state: Donabedian 's perspective was essentially linear, assuming that structures affect processes, which in turn affect outcomes. Patient characteristics are sometimes considered as mediating outcomes and clinical interventions are considered to be processes” (Mitchel, Ferketish and Jennings, 1998). Per Grove, Burns and Gray (2013), the Design of this study is a…

Hypothesis H11b: there is a difference between the effect of quality of information (diversity and up-to-date dissemination) on hedonic shopping value among users with different income statuses. Hypothesis H12a: there is a difference between the effect of quality of service (speed and accessibility) on utilitarian shopping value among users with different income statuses. Hypothesis H12b: there is a difference between the effect of quality of service (speed and acceptability) on hedonic shopping…

is accomplished using the square of the coefficient smaller than AVE, which represents its correlation with other constructs (Fornell & Larcker, 1981). Furthermore, the reliability of the factors and the observed variables will be examined by Cronbach’s alpha (>.7; Nunnally,…

Understanding delayed hospice referrals Discussion Draft Janet Zarzour Middle Tennessee State University April 4, 2016 Discussion Literature findings concluded there are identifiable barriers to early hospice referrals. Past studies have discovered certain barriers that prevent health care providers from referring an individual for hospice care in a timely manner. Studies have shown delayed referrals lead to inadequate management of physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient and…

There have been numerous debates about whether or not egg consumption is associated with the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, or carotid plaque area. Two studies have been conducted to address this issue. The first study used a non-experimental research design (longitudinal (cohort)) to examine the association between egg consumption and risk of CHD and stroke in men and women. The dependent variables in this study were the risk of CHD and stroke. The independent variables were egg…