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Table 7 Cronbach’s Alpha Values and McDonald’s Omega Values for the Inventory Scales

From: Validating a measure of motivational climate in health science courses

Inventory form

Cronbach’s alpha values

McDonald’s omega values

 

M

U

S

I

C

M

U

S

I

C

New Zealand

 19-item

0.85

0.94

0.89

0.92

0.84

0.85

0.94

0.89

0.92

0.84

 26-item

0.88

0.95

0.89

0.95

0.88

0.88

0.95

0.89

0.95

0.88

Mexico

 19-item

0.79

0.87

0.88

0.91

0.85

0.80

0.87

0.89

0.91

0.85

 26-item

0.84

0.89

0.88

0.94

0.89

0.84

0.89

0.89

0.95

0.90

Iceland

 19-itema

0.84

0.88

0.90

0.91

0.88

0.85

0.89

0.90

0.91

0.88

  1. Note. n = 98 for the New Zealand university scales; n = 231 for the Mexican university scales; for the Icelandic university, n = 332 for Empowerment and Interest, n = 333 for Success and Caring, and n = 337 for Usefulness.
  2. aThe 19-item form was administered, but one of the Usefulness scale items was missing; therefore, the alpha value for the Usefulness scale is based on three items instead of four.
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