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On the greatest lower bound to reliability

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Certain ambiguities in a recent paper on the computation and statistics of the greatest lower bound are clarified.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of California, 1283 Franz Hall, 90024, Los Angeles, CA

    P. M. Bentler & J. Arthur Woodward

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Bentler, P.M., Woodward, J.A. On the greatest lower bound to reliability. Psychometrika 50, 245–246 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02294250

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