ON MORE RELIABLY EMPLOYING THE CONCEPT OF 'RELIABILITY'

• NCJ Number: 17839
• Journal: Public Opinion Quarterly Volume: 38 Issue: 3 Dated: (FALL 1974) Pages: 372-378
• Author(s): L A BROEDLING
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Columbia University Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSES THE CONCEPTUAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF VARIANCE SUBSUMED UNDER RELIABILITY IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH AMONG THEM.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE CONFUSION WHICH HAS RESULTED FROM USING THE TERM RELIABILITY TO MEAN BOTH MEASUREMENT-ERROR VARIANCE AND SAMPLING-ERROR VARIANCE. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THEN MADE FOR MEASURES TO REDUCE THE CONFUSION CAUSED BY MULTIPLE USE OF THE SAME TERM.