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Humphrey
10-24-2006, 04:57 AM
I computed cronbach alpha reliability for 14 items 52 cases.
it is -1.71!!!
The SPSS says: "The value is negative due to a negative average covariance among items. This violates reliability model assumptions. You may want to check item codings".
what does it mean and what should i do?
thanks