B Question.

Based on the Cronhbach's Alpha statstic, does the four-item happiness measure appear to have sufficient internal consistency (inter-item reliability)? In your response, report Cronhbach's Alpha and explain the criteria you used to make your determination.

Reliability Inter-Item Correlation Matrix Item #3 on Scale: ALL VARIABLES Subjective Happiness Scale (Some Item #2 on people are Case Processing Summary Item #1 on Subjective generally Subjective Happiness very happy. % Happiness Scale (Comp They enjoy life Cases Valid 93 94.9 Scale (In ared to most general, of my peers, regardless of Happiness Excluded a 5.1 what is going Scale Item 5 consider I consider myself:) myself:) on, gettin... #4 Reverse Tota 98 100.0 Coded a. Listwise deletion based on all Item #1 on Subjective 1.000 .834 .726 .458 variables in the procedure. Happiness Scale (In general, I consider myself:) Reliability Statistics Item #2 on Subjective 834 1.000 .754 373 Happiness Cronbach's Scale (Compared to Alpha Based most of my peers, I on consider myself:) Cronbach's Standardized Alpha Items N of Items Item #3 on Subjective 726 .754 1.000 .382 Happiness Scale (Some .838 .851 people are generally very happy. They enjoy life regardless of what is going on, gettin... Happiness Scale Item 458 373 .382 1.000 #4 Reverse Coded Item-Total Statistics Scale Corrected Squared Cronbach's Scale Mean if Variance tem-Total Multiple Alpha if Item Item Deleted Item Deleted Correlation Correlation Deleted Item #1 on Subjective 13.84 15.854 816 736 745 Happiness Scale (In general, I consider myself:) Item #2 on Subjective 14.39 14.588 .773 .743 .748 Happiness Scale (Compared to most of my peers, I consider myself:) Item #3 on Subjective 14.48 14.644 .728 603 768 Happiness Scale (Some people are generally very happy. They enjoy life regardless of what is going on, gettin... Happiness Scale Item 14.29 16.839 436 .217 .906 #4 Reverse Coded