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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2014 Feb 17;26(2):513–527. doi: 10.1037/a0035768

Table 2.

Classical Item Analysis

Test No. of items N Cronbach’s α reliability Average interitem correlation Adjusted (corrected for overlap) item–total correlation
Minimum Mean Maximum
PROMIS Depression 28 747 0.98 .64 .71 .79 .86
CES-D 20 747 0.93 .42 .44 .63 .82
PROMIS & CES-D 48 747 0.98 .53 .45 .72 .86
PROMIS Depression 20 748 0.98 .70 .74 .83 .88
PHQ-9 9 748 0.91 .55 .58 .70 .80
PROMIS & PHQ-9 29 748 0.98 .62 .60 .78 .88
PROMIS Depression 15 1,120 0.98 .76 .80 .86 .90
BDI-II 21 1,120 0.96 .57 .56 .74 .82
PROMIS & BDI-II 36 1,120 0.98 .62 .56 .78 .88

Note. PROMIS Depression = Depression subscale of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; PHQ-9 = 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory–II.