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Table 2 Principal Component Analysis

From: How students perceive medical competences: a cross-cultural study between the Medical Course in Portugal and African Portuguese Speaking Countries

Domains

Angola

Mozambique

Portugal

 

Variance Explained

Minimum Factor Loadings

Maximum Factor Loadings

Variance Explained

Minimum Factor Loadings

Maximum Factor Loadings

Variance Explained

Minimum Factor Loadings

Maximum Factor Loadings

Knowledge

44.4

0.440

0.773

49.0

0.571

0.826

48.7

0.516

0.780

Personal Attitudes

40.0

0.462

0.860

47.8

0.452

0.849

59.2

0.589

0.855

Professional Behavior

14.5

0.388

0.901

      

Clinical Skills

61.8

0.662

0.898

59.0

0.536

0.873

56.2

0.586

0.844

Communication Skills

66.3

0.539

0.897

59.5

0.562

0.871

66.7

0.654

0.897

General Skills

62.3

0.575

0.900

64.6

0.664

0.895

60.4

0.531

0.884