Computation background

              

                This uses the function getRCIfromSDandAlpha() in my 
                CECPfuns R package
                but the maths is trivial and

       straight out of the original work on the RCI.
              

              
Maths of the RCI 

              
Ignore this next bit if you don't like equations!

              
The full equation is:

              
The equation is:

              
SD * sqrt(2) * sqrt(1 - rel) * qnorm(1 - (1 - ci) / 2)

              
The MathJax typesetting of the equation is a bit ugly:

              $$SD*\sqrt{2}*\sqrt{1-rel}*qnorm(1 - \frac{(1 - ci)}{2})$$
              
              
where 'SD' is the SD you input, 'rel' the reliability you input and 'ci' the inclusion interval you wanted, usually .95, i.e. 95% and 'qnorm' is the quantile of the standard Gaussian/Normal distribution for that ci.

              
So if you asked for the usual 95% interval that simplifies to this:

              $$SD*\sqrt{2}*\sqrt{1-rel}*1.96$$
              
              
because 1.96 is the value of the standard Gaussian that maps to 95% inclusion

              
Recommendations

              
If you have the raw item data and n > 20 I recommend you

       compute the Cronbach alpha internal reliability for your own data. I will put up an app to compute that

       for raw item data when I can.



              
Next please ...

              
Unless you are very familiar with it, please now go to the 'Background' tab and read the information there.

            

            

              
Attribution

              

                App created by Chris Evans
                PSYCTC.org
                licenced under a 
                Creative Commons, Attribution Licence-ShareAlike
                 Please respect that and put an acknowledgement and link back to here if re-using anything from here.
              

              
Citing and referencing

              

                I really am not keen on the obsessionalities of style guides but I do think referencing well is important
                so here is my understanding of the correct citing and referencing of the app.
              

              
APA

              
I think the correct citation in APA 7 format is just (Evans, 2023) and the reference format is:



              

                Evans, C. (2023, September 17). 
                Compute RCI from SD and reliability.
                PSYCTC.org. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from 
                https://shiny.psyctc.org/apps/RCI1/
              

              

                Where the name of the app, i.e. 'Compute RCI from SD and reliability' should be in italics.
                (Hard to force that here in HTML!)
              

              
BPS

              

                I am sure the correct citation in BPS format is again just (Evans, 2023) and I
                think
                the BPS reference format is:


              

              

                Evans, C. (2023). Compute RCI from SD and reliability. PSYCTC.org.  Retrieved April 17, 2024, from 
                https://shiny.psyctc.org/apps/RCI1/
              

              

                Where the name of the app is 
                not
                in italics.
              

              

                But, as I say, I am no expert on these style guide obsessionalities:
                as with everything in shiny.psyctc.org, use at your own risk and do sensible checking.
              

            

            



  
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