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Cronbach's Alpha (α) using SPSS

Statistics - reliability
Introduction
Cronbach's alpha is the most common measure of internal consistency
("reliability"). It is most commonly used when you have multiple Likert
questions in a survey/questionnaire that form a scale and you wish to
determine if the scale is reliable. If you are concerned with inter-rater
reliability, we also have a guide on using Cohen's (κ) kappa that you might
find useful.

The reliability of the model can be evaluated utilizing the figures of Cronbach’s alpha. This
parameter acts as a lower-bound estimate of the reliability of the collected data. A Cronbach’s alpha
value of more than 0.7 is viewed as reliable (Hair et al., 2012). Cronbach’s alpha is used to determine
reliability of the model fit. Values above 0.6 denote a good level of reliability. The general rule of
thumb is that a Cronbach's alpha of . 70 and above is good, . 80 and above is better,
and . 90 and above is best.

SPSS Statistics produces many different tables. The first important table is
the Reliability Statistics table that provides the actual value for Cronbach's alpha, as
shown below:

Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's
Alpha Based on
Cronbach's Standardized
Alpha Items N of Items
.979 .979 2

From our example, we can see that Cronbach's alpha is 0.805, which indicates a high
level of internal consistency for our scale with this specific sample.
Other charts

Item Statistics
Mean Std. Deviation N
Online Education Rating 3.49 1.121 35
Academic achievement 3.37 1.114 35

Inter-Item Correlation Matrix


Online
Education Academic
Rating achievement
Online Education Rating 1.000 .958
Academic achievement .958 1.000

Item-Total Statistics
Cronbach's
Scale Mean if Scale Variance if Corrected Item- Squared Multiple Alpha if Item
Item Deleted Item Deleted Total Correlation Correlation Deleted
Online Education Rating 3.37 1.240 .958 .918 .
Academic achievement 3.49 1.257 .958 .918 .

Scale Statistics
Mean Variance Std. Deviation N of Items
6.86 4.891 2.212 2

Used - https://statistics.laerd.com/spss-tutorials/cronbachs-alpha-using-spss-statistics.php

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