A Nurse Researcher Would Want to Use a Cronbach's Alpha

question 28

Multiple Choice

A nurse researcher would want to use a Cronbach's alpha coefficient to establish the internal consistency of an instrument in which case?

• A) When questions are open-ended
• B) When questions/statements demand a yes or no response
• C) When the instrument uses a Likert-type response scale
• D) When the instrument is designed to measure more than one concept

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Definitions:

Research Subjects

Individuals or groups who participate in scientific or academic studies, contributing data or insights to facilitate understanding of various topics.

Confidentiality

Occurs when the researcher can make a connection between respondents and evidence but agrees not to do so.

Anonymity

Occurs when the researcher cannot make a connection between respondents and evidence.

Operationalization

Operationalization is the process of defining and measuring variables, concepts, or phenomena in order to make them quantifiable and testable within research studies.