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. 2023 Aug 15;23:573. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04539-z

Table 4.

Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the different global scales and subscales (‘observed values’ and ‘expected values’) in the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM)

DREEM Items n CASES ALPHA
Global scale 50 650 638 0.929
Subscale
 Subscale I 650 648 0.851 (0.832)
 Subscale II 650 648 0.783 (0,798)
 Subscale III 650 644 0.725 (0.716)
 Subscale IV 650 646 0.785 (0.761)
 Subscale V 2 650 650 0.596 (0.580)
Global scale—gender
 Women 50 497 489 0.930
 Men 50 152 148 0.918
 Global scale—year 50
 1st year 50 127 121 0.924
 2nd year 50 136 135 0.916
 3rd year 50 124 121 0.918
 4th year 50 133 133 0.926
 5th year 50 130 128 0.939
Global scale—faculty
 Medical University of Lublin 50 274 273 0.937
 Medical University of Gdańsk 50 376 365 0.933

Items: number of items in the scale or subscale; n: number of questionnaires (participants); cases: number of questionnaires without value lost on which the alpha coefficients were calculated. Cronbach’s alpha ‘expected’ values were calculated using the Spearman–Brown formula. The value in bold is an ‘observed’ value, which is inferior to the ‘expected’ value.