Figure 2From: Evaluation of internal reliability in the presence of inconsistent responses Influence of fixed responses (p F ) on Cronbach's alpha (α T for the true responses) for different percentages of random responses (p R ) and numbers of positive (m + ) and negative (m - ) polarity items, m + -m - . The mean random/fixed response is identical to that of the true responses, and there are 5 items, each on a 5-point Likert scale.Back to article page