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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics and Pattern Matrixes of both solutions

From: Affective and cognitive components of students’ attitudes towards communication learning - validation of the Communication Skills Attitude Scale in a cohort of polish medical students

 

Descriptive statistics

Factor loadings on the pattern matrix

 

Mean

SD

of the four factors

of the two factors

 

1

2

3

4

1

2

Item 5

4.36

0.724

0.738

0.059

0.043

0.026

0.719

0.002

Item9

4.29

0.746

0.584

−0.032

0.298

−0.027

0.697

− 0.063

Item10

4.37

0.686

0.665

−0.160

0.236

0.194

0.820

−0.140

Item14

4.16

0.732

0.761

0.148

−0.108

−0.084

0.624

0.040

Item16

3.87

0.911

0.603

0.085

−0.259

0.093

0.456

0.029

Item 4

3.30

1.117

−0.044

0.554

−0.104

0.359

−0.079

0.675

Item 6a

3.64

1.000

0.000

0.562

0.255

0.025

0.051

0.614

Item 7

3.62

0.954

0.131

0.670

0.116

−0.066

0.067

0.667

Item12

3.20

0.838

0.158

0.670

−0.054

−0.074

0.007

0.642

Item18

3.12

1.057

0.140

0.619

0.032

0.010

0.062

0.628

Item22a

2.63

1.098

−0.244

0.591

−0.064

0.175

−0.302

0.678

Item11a

3.49

0.801

0.014

0.235

0.467

−0.056

0.195

0.275

Item13a

3.52

0.775

0.000

−0.039

0.572

−0.129

0.253

−0.016

Item17a

3.63

0.972

−0.080

−0.111

0.566

0.023

0.225

−0.034

Item25

4.31

0.730

0.211

0.203

0.442

0.303

0.468

0.335

Item26a

4.16

0.803

0.296

0.049

0.455

0.157

0.538

0.124

Item1

4.45

0.711

0.260

−0.097

0.053

0.616

0.449

0.077

Item3a

3.17

1.100

0.076

−0.002

−0.155

0.559

0.143

0.151

Item19a

3.80

1.037

−0.033

0.275

−0.017

0.681

0.100

0.499

Item2a

4.58

0.644

0.243

0.127

0.320

0.282

0.444

0.233

Item8a

2.91

1.053

0.333

0.372

−0.091

−0.224

0.158

0.267

Item15a

3.37

0.990

−0.010

0.071

0.345

0.080

0.171

0.139

Item20a

3.41

1.060

−0.084

0.002

0.079

0.359

0.054

0.133

Item21

4.04

0.789

0.324

0.404

0.264

0.141

0.416

0.459

Item23

3.73

0.857

0.378

0.018

0.036

0.332

0.460

0.092

Item24a

3.66

0.916

0.056

0.498

0.419

−0.036

0.178

0.542

  1. a items making negative statements about learning communication skills that were reversed before the analysis
  2. Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis
  3. Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization