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Psychometrics

a family of six lower-bound reliability coefficients derived from a single test administration, one of which equals coefficient alpha.

In psychometrics, Guttman's lambda refers to a family of six lower-bound reliability coefficients derived from a single test administration, one of which equals coefficient alpha. This meaning comes from Guttman (1945) in Psychometrika.[1]

Unit
Recovery means
Measured by

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References

Guttman, L. (1945). A Basis for Analyzing Test-Retest Reliability. Psychometrika, 10(4), 255-282. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02288892

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