I noticed that the Cronbach's alpha (CA) values change while using the tab_fa()-function when sort=F or sort=T (i.e. true or false). From my understanding CA estimates the internal consistency within a factor. Therefore the CA values should not change if you change only the order of the items since the assignment of an item to a factor stays the same.
I checked with another (public) data-sample and the same issue happened. The code I used for the public data and to demonstrate the issue is the following:
I noticed that the Cronbach's alpha (CA) values change while using the tab_fa()-function when sort=F or sort=T (i.e. true or false). From my understanding CA estimates the internal consistency within a factor. Therefore the CA values should not change if you change only the order of the items since the assignment of an item to a factor stays the same.
I checked with another (public) data-sample and the same issue happened. The code I used for the public data and to demonstrate the issue is the following: