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An Essay on the History and Future of Reliability from the Perspective of Replications
Author(s) -
Brennan Robert L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.2001.tb01129.x
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , perspective (graphical) , replication (statistics) , psychology , computer science , reliability engineering , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , engineering , quantum mechanics , power (physics) , physics
This article provides a review of some important milestones in the history of reliability, some current issues concerning reliability, and some likely prospects for reliability, from the perspective of one central question: “What constitutes a replication of a measurement procedure?” Special attention is given to the fixed/random aspects of facets that characterize replications.