Table 6.
SEM models’ results for Cronbach’s Alpha, EU-CEECs-11, 2000–2018.
Source: Authors’ contribution in Stata 16
| Item | Obs | Sign | Item-test correlation | Item-rest correlation | Average interitem correlation | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log_GCI | 154 | + | 0.7521 | 0.6271 | 0.3440 | 0.7859 |
| Log_GDP_cap | 207 | + | 0.8688 | 0.7832 | 0.2996 | 0.7496 |
| Log_PGH | 149 | − | 0.3122 | 0.1017 | 0.4424 | 0.8474 |
| Log_HTech | 121 | + | 0.6511 | 0.4990 | 0.3655 | 0.8013 |
| Log_TE | 207 | + | 0.6017 | 0.4037 | 0.3834 | 0.8132 |
| Log_Patents | 196 | + | 0.5667 | 0.3914 | 0.4010 | 0.8241 |
| Log_LLL | 165 | + | 0.8184 | 0.7234 | 0.3239 | 0.7703 |
| Log_GERD | 207 | + | 0.8473 | 0.7691 | 0.3014 | 0.7512 |
| Total scale | 0.8171 | |||||