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Table 1 The values of alpha and their interpretation

From: A framework for designing medical devices resilient to low-resource settings

Alpha

Internal Consistency

α ≥ 0.9

Excellent

0.8 ≤ α < 0.9

Good

0.7 ≤ α < 0.8

Acceptable

0.6 ≤ α < 0.7

Questionable

0.5 ≤ α < 0.6

Poor

α ≤ 0.5

Unacceptable