Editor’s Preface to Lee J. Cronbach’s “My Current Thoughts on Coefficient Alpha and Successor Procedures”Lee J. Cronbach 1916-2001

My Vision: J Young Pharm

and publisher for their constant support on growth of the Journal of Young Pharmacists (J Young Pharm). This issue marks the official handing over of the journal editorship from Dr. Mueen Ahmed KK to myself. [1] His leadership has been invaluable in this journal's growth and building the quality that I now inherit. [2] I am grateful for this to Dr. Ahmed and am pleased to announce that he will ...

Religion and Spirituality: Adam Smith versus J-J Rousseau

Adam Smith and J-J Rousseau share some common ground when it comes to religion, namely that they were born into  and educated in cultural contexts deeply shaped by Reformed Christianity. However, close consideration of their writings on religion reveal marked difference. This paper explores those differences and finds that Rousseau and Smith are radically at odds on this score. Smith has almost...

An introduction to computing and interpreting Cronbach Coefficient Alpha in SAS

In spite of the ease of computation of Cronbach Coefficient Alpha, its misconceptions and mis-applications are still widespread, such as the confusion of consistency and dimensionality, as well as the confusion of raw Alpha and standardized Alpha. To clarify these misconceptions, this paper will illustrate the computation of Cronbach Coefficient Alpha in a step-by-step manner, and also explain ...

Francisco J. Varela (1946-2001).

It is with great sadness that I record the death of Francisco Varela, who passed away at his home in Paris, on May 28, 2001. With his passing, the science of consciousness has lost one of its most brilliant, original, creative, and compassionate thinkers. Francisco Varela was born September 7, 1946 in Chile. As a child and teenager, he received a strong classical education from the German Lyceu...

Tony J. Cunha, 1916-1992: a brief biography.