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Table 3 Pattern matrix from the 3-factor solution for first round of EFA with all original items. Bold font indicates items with low pattern coefficients on the focal factor or high pattern coefficients on a second factor

From: Measuring university students’ interest in biology: evaluation of an instrument targeting Hidi and Renninger’s individual interest

Item

WLS1

WLS2

WLS3

h2

com

F1

0.73

  

0.75

1.1

F2

0.40

 

0.36

0.59

2.3

F3

0.58

 

0.25

0.69

1.5

F4

0.69

  

0.69

1.1

F5

0.69

  

0.69

1.1

F6

0.53

0.20

 

0.60

1.5

F7

0.71

  

0.78

1.2

F8

0.94

  

0.79

1.0

F9

0.96

  

0.86

1.0

F10

0.98

  

0.81

1.0

F11

0.89

  

0.73

1.0

V1

0.77

  

0.57

1.0

V2

0.71

  

0.65

1.1

V3

0.61

  

0.56

1.2

V4

0.26

 

0.70

0.69

1.3

V5

 

0.20

0.69

0.68

1.2

V6

0.37

 

0.45

0.68

2.2

V7

0.23

0.25

0.47

0.64

2.0

V8

0.47

0.27

0.22

0.64

2.1

V9

0.70

  

0.63

1.1

R1

0.27

0.38

 

0.43

2.0

R2

0.26

 

0.47

0.20

1.6

R3

 

0.83

 

0.63

1.0

R4

0.22

0.67

 

0.57

1.3

R5

 

0.61

 

0.51

1.1

R6

 

0.77

 

0.62

1.0

R7

0.20

0.37

0.33

0.17

2.5

R8

 

0.73

 

0.55

1.1

R9

 

0.72

 

0.63

1.0

R10

0.25

0.49

0.21

0.29

1.9

R11

 

0.76

 

0.63

1.0

R12

 

0.59

 

0.45

1.0

R13

− 0.20

0.67

 

0.40

1.2

  1. Pattern coefficients < 0.2 are not showed for clarity
  2. WLS 1/2/3 pattern coefficients for the first/second/third factor retained from the EFA using the WLS estimator, h2 measure of communality, com Hoffman’s index of complexity (the average number of factors necessary to explain the item)