Coefficient Beta, Item Clustering and The Homogeneity of Summated Scales

Geoffrey Soutar; Ray Wagner Cooksey

Coefficient Beta, Item Clustering and The Homogeneity of Summated Scales

Geoffrey Soutar
, Ray Wagner Cooksey

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Summated scales are widely used in management research to assess constructs of interest, such as job satisfaction, organisational culture and organisational commitment. The adequacy of summated scales can be evaluated using criteria such as reliability, validity and factorial homogeneity. We explore the utility of Revelle's (1979) coefficient beta as a criterion for judging the internal homogeneity of summated scales over and above the more typically applied coefficient alpha measure of internal consistency. The present paper applies coefficient beta, in the context of Revelle's (1978) ICLUST item clustering procedure, on responses to Warr's (1990) affective well-being scale from two distinct samples.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enhancing Business & Government Capability: Proceedings of the 16th ANZAM Conference
Editors	Lynne Bennington
Place of Publication	Melbourne, Australia
Publisher	La Trobe University
ISBN (Print)	0975016601
Publication status	Published - 2002
Event	ANZAM 2002: 16th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference - Beechworth, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2002 → 7 Dec 2002

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Conference	ANZAM 2002: 16th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
City	Beechworth, Australia
Period	4/12/02 → 7/12/02

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Quality Management

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Soutar, G & Cooksey, RW 2002, Coefficient Beta, Item Clustering and The Homogeneity of Summated Scales. in L Bennington (ed.), Enhancing Business & Government Capability: Proceedings of the 16th ANZAM Conference. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, ANZAM 2002: 16th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Beechworth, Australia, 4/12/02. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5451>

Coefficient Beta, Item Clustering and The Homogeneity of Summated Scales. / Soutar, Geoffrey; Cooksey, Ray Wagner.
Enhancing Business & Government Capability: Proceedings of the 16th ANZAM Conference. ed. / Lynne Bennington. Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University, 2002.

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