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Reliability Analysis Guide

This document discusses reliability analysis and how it refers to the consistency and repeatability of measurements or findings from data collection techniques and analysis procedures. It provides examples of how reliability is demonstrated through obtaining similar results from repeated measurements or consistent findings from research instruments. The document also explains how reliability is quantified using reliability coefficients like Cronbach's alpha, which measures the internal consistency of items in a questionnaire. Scores above 0.7 are generally considered acceptable for demonstrating reliability. An example is provided of calculating Cronbach's alpha to assess the reliability of a work stress questionnaire.

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Reliability Analysis Guide

This document discusses reliability analysis and how it refers to the consistency and repeatability of measurements or findings from data collection techniques and analysis procedures. It provides examples of how reliability is demonstrated through obtaining similar results from repeated measurements or consistent findings from research instruments. The document also explains how reliability is quantified using reliability coefficients like Cronbach's alpha, which measures the internal consistency of items in a questionnaire. Scores above 0.7 are generally considered acceptable for demonstrating reliability. An example is provided of calculating Cronbach's alpha to assess the reliability of a work stress questionnaire.

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Reliability Analysis

Introduction
• Reliability refers to the confidence we can place on the
measuring instrument to give us the same numeric value
when the measurement is repeated on the same object.
• Reliability refers to the extent to which your data collection
techniques or analysis procedures will yield consistent
findings.
• In short, it is the repeatability of your measurement. A
measure is considered reliable if a person's score on the
same test given twice is similar.
Basic Concept
• In your daily life you might gone through questionnaires
carrying variety of questions on the particular study or topic.
• As a respondent you might be focusing on the outcome of the
study only, but as a researcher you have to prove the
reliability of the questionnaire.
• It is the reliability statistics which gives you the authentication
of being reliable to your research instrument.
Basic Concept – Layman Example
TV Channel/News/Reporter/Friend
• How much the reliable source it is?
Answer:
Basically here you are not currently
emphasizing on the news but the
news provider only. Because if the
news provider is reliable the news will
be of some worth to you.
Basic Concept – Layman Example
• For example, you might try to weigh a bowl of flour on a
kitchen scale. A reliable scale will show the same reading over
and over, no matter how many times you weigh the bowl.
There may be slight error here and there – you may notice
that some readings differ by just a fraction of a gram – but
overall the scale is reliable. If the scale gave a reading of 1 kg
and then a minute later gave a reading of 1.5 kg, the error has
become so large that the instrument’s reliability is seriously
undermined.
Basic Concept
• To assess the degree of reliability, measurement specialists have
developed methods to measure the reliability of a given set of scores.
Typically the measurement of reliability is reflected in what is called a
reliability coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha).
• Reliability coefficients range from 1.00 (which is highest) to 0.00 (which
is lowest). Reliability coefficients of .6 or .7 and above are considered
good for classroom tests, and .9 and above is expected for professionally
developed instruments.
• So the closer to 1.00 the coefficient of reliability, the more reliable the
scores from an instrument or the more consistent scores obtained from
an instrument.
Basic Concept – Example
• Like say for instance, you are conducting a study on the topic
Effect of Work Stress on Employees Performance
Independent Variable = Work Stress (WS)
Dependent Variable = Employees Performance (EP)
Data Collected = Through Questionnaire
Estimate = Reliability
Reliability Analysis in SPSS
Reliability Analysis in SPSS
Reliability Statistics of Work Stress
Reliability Analysis in SPSS
Reliability Analysis in SPSS
Reliability Statistics of Work Stress

Reporting:
Cronbach’s Aplhas for the work stress which is consist of 5 items
found reliable as aplha is equal to 0.792.

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