Nonattending Respondent Effects on Internal Consistency of Self-Administered Surveys

A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

Bibliographic Data

ID20283498
AuthorsJ Jackson Barnette (0009-0005-8432-2350, University of Iowa, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume59
Issue1
Pages38-46
Publication date1999-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013164499591003
OpenAlexW1964015985
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited8

This research investigated the effects of types and prevalence of response patterns that might be provided by nonattending respondents on Cronbach’s alpha. Three simulated data sets, one for each value of Cronbach’s alpha .700, .800, and .900, were constructed for 100 respondents on 50 one-to-seven Likert items. Participants were replaced randomly in each population by one of eight response patterns at 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% replacement levels. Effects were greater as a function of increased prevalence in the respondent group; however, as few as 5% of certain types of nonattending patterns had strong, inflating effects on alpha

Consistency (knowledge bases) · Cronbach's alpha · Internal consistency · Likert scale · Monte Carlo method · Population · Psychometrics · Respondent · Statistics · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

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