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Table 2 Results of the factor analysis of 702 Master of Public Health students

From: Factors that influence full-time MPH Students’ willingness in China: would You apply again for an MPH graduate degree if you had another opportunity?

Factors

Common factors

Communality variance

1

2

3

4

Admissions

0.432

   

0.400

Course goals

0.784

   

0.762

Rationality of course schedule

0.768

   

0.706

Advancement of course contents

0.778

   

0.750

Professionalism of course contents

0.825

   

0.776

Comprehensiveness of course contents

0.772

   

0.698

Diversity of teaching methods

0.779

   

0.700

Rationality of course evaluation system

0.689

   

0.621

Course can meet student needs

0.798

   

0.781

Connection between course and practical training

0.796

   

0.754

Connection between course and research activities

0.674

   

0.633

Graduation thesis with practice

0.589

0.544

  

0.713

Goals can be effectively reached through research activities

0.549

0.576

  

0.729

Research activities can help with regard to the students’ jobs in the future

0.509

0.559

  

0.638

Evaluation of graduation thesis

0.524

0.541

  

0.648

In-campus mentors’ guidance

 

0.792

  

0.731

Occupational-orientation

 

0.807

  

0.780

Interaction between mentors and students

 

0.816

  

0.805

Off-campus mentors’ guidance

 

0.810

  

0.758

Joint guidance of on- and off-campus mentors on students’ graduation theses

 

0.756

  

0.725

Practical training goals

  

0.794

 

0.743

Conditions of practical bases

  

0.809

 

0.737

Internship subsidy

  

0.627

 

0.469

Selected practical bases

  

0.785

 

0.668

Goals can be reached through practical training

  

0.831

 

0.777

Practice can meet student needs

  

0.818

 

0.749

Practice can help with graduation thesis

  

0.786

 

0.695

Goals can guide lecture courses

0.480

  

0.646

0.751

Goals can guide practical training

0.535

  

0.554

0.712

Goals can guide research activities

   

0.687

0.722

Eigenvalue

8.49

5.39

5.26

1.99

 

Contribution variance (%)

28.30

17.97

17.52

6.65

 
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