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Item-dropping to improve in-sample Cronbach's alpha can harm true reliability: A Monte Carlo simulation

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Cronbach's alpha is the most commonly reported metric of reliability in psychological measurement, and statistical software encourages a common post hoc revision: dropping the item whose removal most improves in-sample alpha. A Monte Carlo simulation examined what this practice does to true reliabil
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