SAS's proc cor procedure produces two types of cronbach coefficient alpha: raw value and standardized value.
proc corr alpha data=dataname_here;
var item1 item2 item3 item4 item5 item6 item7;
run;
The result table includes two values:
Cronbach Coefficient Alpha
Variables Alpha
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Raw 0.74
Standardized 0.75
Standardized version is based on standardized values of all variables included in the analysis. If you standardize the variables yourself by creating z-score version of items and apply the same procedure, you will get the same value for both raw and standardized values.
proc standardize data=dataname_here out=dataname_here_B mean=0 std=1;
var item1 item2 item3 item4 item5 item6 item7;
run;
proc corr alpha data=dataname_here_B;
var item1 item2 item3 item4 item5 item6 item7;
run;
Cronbach Coefficient Alpha
Variables Alpha
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Raw 0.75
Standardized 0.75