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Psychometrics

condition in which items measure the same true score with equal loadings but possibly different means, the assumption under which coefficient alpha equals reliability.

In psychometrics, essential tau-equivalence refers to condition in which items measure the same true score with equal loadings but possibly different means, the assumption under which coefficient alpha equals reliability. This meaning comes from Novick (1967) in Psychometrika.[1]

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References

Novick, M. R., & Lewis, C. (1967). Coefficient Alpha and the Reliability of Composite Measurements. Psychometrika, 32(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02289400

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