ResearchCronbach's Alpha: What Is It and How Is It Used?
Cronbach's alpha is a coefficient associated with the reliability of a measurement instrument - a psychometric test - in psychology.…
About the author
Graduated in Psychology from the University of Medellín (2020). Association number: 217763 (COLPSIC). Master's student in Education at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá. He has a diploma in Philosophical Consulting at the Educational Center for Autonomous Creation in Philosophical Practices (CECAPFI). He participated in the IX Ibero-American Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology and in several workshops organized by the Ibero-American Clinical and Health Psychological Association (APICSA).
He has experience in the field of clinical psychology, specifically working with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. In this context, he developed consultancies, therapies and psychoeducation, both for the patients themselves and for their families. He is currently part of the In-Novum Educatio research group at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
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