Estimating the Reliability of a Single-Item Measure

Wanous, John P.; Reichers, Arnon E.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.631

Cited by 380Psychometric Methodologies and TestingReliability and Agreement in MeasurementJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Estimating the Reliability of a Single-Item Measure

Wanous, John P., Reichers, Arnon E.·1996·Psychological Reports

DOI 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.631

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Single-item measures of employees' attitudes and beliefs are generally discouraged because their (internal consistency) reliability cannot be estimated. This results in the concern that reliability may be unacceptably low, particularly when compared to scales used to measure the same construct. A method for estimating the reliability of a single-item measure is demonstrated on original data that included both a single-item and a multiple-item measure of three constructs, namely, Over-all Job Satisfaction, Perceived Amount of Participation, and Desired Amount of Participation in decision-making. The average minimum estimated reliability for these single-item measures is .57; however, a realistic yet conservative estimate of their likely minimum reliability is at least .70.

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Authors: Wanous, J. P., & Reichers, A. E.
Affiliations: The Ohio Slate University
Venue: Psychological Reports
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1996-04
Volume: 78
Issue: 2
Pages: 631-634
ISSN: 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
1558-691X
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.631
OpenAlex: W1979597058
Cited by: 380
References: 7
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 6.70
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords: single-item measures, reliability estimation, internal consistency, employee attitudes, job satisfaction, employee participation, decision-making participation, construct measurement

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