... occurs after the first 4 factors in this case, all of which have eigenvalues of greater than one. Therefore from table 1.2, the analysis suggests that we extract 4 factors that account for 54.05% of the variance of the relationship between variables. Table 1.3 Item loadings on the first 4 principle components The first factors extracted from an analysis are those which account for the maximum amount of variance. In order to increase the interpretability of factors, they are rotated to maximise the loadings of some of the variables (table 1.4). These variables can then be used to identify the meaning of the factors. Table 1.4 Item loadings on rotated first 4 principle components The rotation method used on the factors was 'Varimax'. In general, the meaning of a factor is determined by the variables that load most highly on it. The amount (%) of variance that each of the rotated factors account ...

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