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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Test Assess Model. 2016;58(1):183–219.

Table 4. PROMIS anxiety short form item set: Reliability statistics (Cronbach's alpha, ordinal alpha, McDonald's Omega Total) and explained common variance (ECV) for the total sample and demographic subgroups (“Psych” R package).

Cronbach's Alpha Ordinal Alpha McDonald's Omega ECV
Total Sample 0.969 0.981 0.982 76.418
Random First Half Sample 0.969 0.982 0.982 76.568
Age 21 to 49 years 0.968 0.980 0.980 75.994
Age 50 to 64 years 0.971 0.982 0.982 77.419
Age 65 to 84 years 0.965 0.980 0.980 74.162
Male 0.968 0.982 0.982 75.931
Female 0.969 0.981 0.981 76.334
Non-Hispanic Whites 0.965 0.980 0.980 74.452
Non-Hispanic Blacks 0.970 0.983 0.983 77.218
Hispanics 0.968 0.980 0.980 76.177
Non-Hispanic Asians/Pacific Islanders 0.972 0.984 0.984 78.295
Less Than High School 0.969 0.980 0.980 76.207
High School Degree 0.969 0.981 0.981 76.311
Some College 0.970 0.982 0.983 76.958
College Graduate 0.963 0.980 0.980 73.581
Graduate Degree 0.956 0.977 0.977 70.207
Hispanics Interviewed in English 0.969 0.980 0.980 76.189
Hispanics Interviewed in Spanish 0.967 0.978 0.979 75.722