Cronbach's alpha — svycralpha • survey

Compute Cronbach's alpha coefficient of reliability from survey data. The formula is equation (2) of Cronbach (1951) only with design-based estimates of the variances.

svycralpha(formula, design, na.rm = FALSE)

Arguments

formula: One-sided formula giving the variables that make up the total score
design: survey design object
na.rm: TRUE to remove missing values

Value

A number

References

Cronbach LJ (1951). "Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests". Psychometrika. 16 (3): 297-334. doi:10.1007/bf02310555.

Examples

data(api)
dstrat<-svydesign(id = ~1, strata = ~stype, weights = ~pw, data = apistrat, 
    fpc = ~fpc)
svycralpha(~ell+mobility+avg.ed+emer+meals, dstrat)    
#>   *alpha* 
#> 0.6386731