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      Aproximación al uso del coeficiente alfa de Cronbach Translated title: An Approach to the Use of Cronbach's Alfa

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          Introducción: Las escalas se usan frecuentemente en la investigación y en la práctica clínica de la psiquiatría. No obstante, todas las escalas deben ser formalmente validadas antes, con el propósito de conocer de las propiedades psicométricas en una población específica. Descripción: Las escalas pueden ser validadas con el uso de un patrón de referencia o sin él; la segunda opción es la única forma de validar algunos instrumentos. Establecer la consistencia interna de una escala es una aproximación a la validación del constructo y consiste en la cuantificación de la correlación que existe entre los ítems que la componen. Valores de alfa de Cronbach entre 0,70 y 0,90 indican una buena consistencia interna. La determinación del alfa de Cronbach se indica para escalas unidimensionales entre tres y veinte ítems. Se debe informar este valor cada vez que se emplee la escala y puede usarse como única medida de validez cuando es difícil una validación con un patrón de referencia.

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          Introduction: Scales are frequently used in clinical and research psychiatry. However, scales must be validated in order to know their psychometric properties when they are administered to special populations. Description: Establishing the internal consistency of a scale is an approach to validate its construct. That is, the quantification of the correlation among the items includes in a scale. Cronbach' alpha values between 0.70 and 0.90 suggest a good internal consistency. The Cronbach' alpha coefficient may be estimated when a three- to twenty-item one-dimensional scale is administered and particularly when it is difficult to conduct a validation study against a gold standard.

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          Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests

          Psychometrika, 16(3), 297-334
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            Starting at the beginning: an introduction to coefficient alpha and internal consistency.

            Cronbach's a is the most widely used index of the reliability of a scale. However, its use and interpretation can be subject to a number of errors. This article discusses the historical development of a from other indexes of internal consistency (split-half reliability and Kuder-Richardson 20) and discusses four myths associated with a: (a) that it is a fixed property of the scale, (b) that it measures only the internal consistency of the scale, (c) that higher values are always preferred over lower ones, and (d) that it is restricted to the range of 0 to 1. It provides some recommendations for acceptable values of a in different situations.
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              Metodología de la investigación

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                Journal
                rcp
                Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría
                rev.colomb.psiquiatr.
                Asociacion Colombiana de Psiquiatria. (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                0034-7450
                December 2005
                : 34
                : 4
                : 572-580
                Affiliations
                [02] orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga acampoar@ 123456unab.edu.co
                [01] orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
                Article
                S0034-74502005000400009 S0034-7450(05)03400409
                79c4dc87-1f40-4620-a53d-3281020e25b4

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 15 July 2005
                : 28 March 2005
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 35, Pages: 9
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                SciELO Colombia

                Categories
                Metodología de investigación y lectura crítica

                rating scales,Cronbach's alpha,internal consistency,Reliability,escalas,alfa de Cronbach,consistencia interna,confiabilidad

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