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Table 2 Pattern Matrix with loadings for each item on each of the three factors

From: Assessing medical students' attitudes towards learning communication skills – which components of attitudes do we measure?

 

Component

 

1

2

3

Item 1

0.062

0.498

0.063

Item 2*

0.510

-0.008

-0.044

Item 3*

-0.063

0.564

0.000

Item 4

0.146

0.460

0.285

Item 5

0.280

0.153

0.590

Item 6*

0.434

0.234

-0.003

Item 7

0.708

-0.075

0.245

Item 8*

0.591

-0.014

-0.070

Item 9

0.312

0.044

0.636

Item 10

0.551

0.073

0.416

Item 11*

0.574

0.075

-0.142

Item 12

0.676

-0.086

0.271

Item 13*

0.549

-0.152

-0.109

Item 14

0.151

0.159

0.705

Item 15*

0.274

0.185

-0.251

Item 16

0.020

0.215

0.557

Item 17*

0.276

0.193

-0.290

Item 18

0.472

0.024

0.191

Item 19*

-0.046

0.582

0.076

Item 20*

0.072

0.298

-0.220

Item 21

0.693

-0.018

0.279

Item 22*

-0.128

0.708

0.033

Item 23

0.185

0.340

0.313

Item 24*

0.658

0.074

-0.023

Item 25

0.482

0.100

0.296

Item 26*

0.548

0.143

-0.014

  1. Extraction method: Principal component Analysis
  2. Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization
  3. Items in factor are underlined
  4. * Item is negative and the score has been reversed before analysis