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Lee Cronbach

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Lee Cronbach · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Psychometrician who created Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient

When

1916, Fresno, California, USA — 2001, Palo Alto, California, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Lee Cronbach is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychometrician who created Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient

How & why

Cronbach was a psychometrician who created Cronbach's alpha, the most widely used measure of the internal-consistency reliability of tests and scales, and advanced generalizability theory and the study of aptitude–treatment interactions. His work underpins modern educational and psychological measurement. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Psychometrician who created Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient

1916

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology