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Table 2 The CFA analysis for the modified Approaches to Learning Medicine (mALM) questionnaire. (N = 272)

From: To examine the associations between medical students’ conceptions of learning, strategies to learning, and learning outcome in a medical humanities course

Construct and Measurement Items

Factor loading

t Statistics

(p Value)

CR

AVE

Alpha Value

Deep Strategy (DS)

Mean = 3.07, SD = 0.52

0.95

0.79

0.88

 DS 1 (1)

0.68

 DS 3 (3)

0.91

13.34

p < .01

 DS 4 (4)

0.92

13.48

p < .01

 DS 5 (5)

0.78

11.71

p < .01

 DS 7 (7)

0.62

9.54

p < .01

Surface Strategy (SS)

Mean = 1.88, SD = 0.75

0.77

0.52

0.73

 SS 2 (10)

0.75

 SS 3 (11)

0.75

8.88

p < .01

 SS 4 (12)

0.59

7.88

p < .01

  1. Abbreviation List: CFA Confirmatory Factor Analysis, CR Composite Reliability, AVE Average Variance Extracted, DS Deep Strategy, SS Surface Strategy