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ERIC Number: EJ1313740
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1644
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KR20 and KR21 for Some Nondichotomous Data (It's Not Just Cronbach's Alpha)
Foster, Robert C.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v81 n6 p1172-1202 Dec 2021
This article presents some equivalent forms of the common Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 and 20 estimators for nondichotomous data belonging to certain other exponential families, such as Poisson count data, exponential data, or geometric counts of trials until failure. Using the generalized framework of Foster (2020), an equation for the reliability for a subset of the natural exponential family have quadratic variance function is derived for known population parameters, and both formulas are shown to be different plug-in estimators of this quantity. The equivalent Kuder-Richardson Formulas 20 and 21 are given for six different natural exponential families, and these match earlier derivations in the case of binomial and Poisson data. Simulations show performance exceeding that of Cronbach's alpha in terms of root mean square error when the formula matching the correct exponential family is used, and a discussion of Jensen's inequality suggests explanations for peculiarities of the bias and standard error of the simulations across the different exponential families.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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