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Table 3 Reliability and discrimination of the eight item Lipkus numeracy scale (N = 140)

From: How discriminating are discriminative instruments?

Item

Alpha if item

Delta if item

Delta for item

Short form A

Short form B

Short form C

 

deleted

deleted

    

Q1

0.74

0.88

0.97

 

+

+

Q2

0.77

0.90

0.72

 

+

 

Q3

0.71

0.92

0.49

+

 

+

Q4

0.70

0.91

0.71

+

 

+

Q5

0.71

0.92

0.40

+

 

+

Q6

0.71

0.92

0.43

+

  

Q7

0.74

0.91

0.72

 

+

 

Q8

0.76

0.85

0.99

 

+

 

Scale Alpha

0.76

  

0.85

0.51

0.72

Scale Delta

0.92

  

0.56

0.95

0.82