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Table 1 Reliability analysis results for scales

From: Preference for Turkish ethnic foods in the USA

Scales

Success factors for a Turkish restaurant

Reasons for preferring Turkish food

Intention revisit the Turkish restaurant

Coefficients

Sample size

   

Number of items

14

11

3

The alpha coefficient for the whole scale

0.882

0.869

0.901

The smallest and largest item-whole correlation value

0.484–0.636

0.426–0.685

0.778–0.857

The negative item-whole correlation value

No

No

No

The minimum and maximum values Alpha takes when the item is deleted

0.871–0.879

0.849–0.868

0.817–0.881

Average

3.910

3.833

4.135

Response categories

1: I totally disagree….5: I totally agree