Is a low Cronbach’s alpha in a knowledge test always bad? No, this new article says. Not if you measure knowledge as a formative construct.
06.10.2020
Stadler, M., Sailer, M., & Fischer, F. (2020). Knowledge as a formative construct: A good alpha is not always better. New Ideas in Psychology, 60(2021). https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bsPH,GfNqYjxx