Principal Components/Factor Analysis
Example
| PRINCIPAL COMPONENT LOADINGS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| s29 | I’m worried about the effects of … | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | -0.06 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| s28 | I’m worried about the toxic effects of … | 0.80 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.12 | -0.06 | 0.01 | -0.02 |
| s24 | I am cautious about … | 0.80 | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.12 | -0.07 | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| s25 | I am cautious about … | 0.80 | -0.04 | 0.00 | -0.06 | -0.05 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| s1 | I always/almost always … | -0.02 | 0.71 | -0.17 | -0.05 | -0.01 | -0.04 | -0.09 | 0.13 | 0.03 | -0.06 |
| s4 | I am organized when it comes to … | 0.00 | 0.67 | -0.20 | -0.14 | 0.02 | -0.01 | -0.16 | 0.21 | 0.11 | -0.04 |
| s8 | I am interested in … | -0.06 | 0.62 | -0.01 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.00 | -0.09 | 0.05 | -0.30 | 0.04 |
| s6 | I get a real buzz out of … | -0.04 | 0.51 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.14 | -0.04 | -0.44 | 0.11 |
| s3 | Taking care of my appearance is … | 0.01 | 0.50 | 0.01 | -0.10 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.05 | -0.27 | 0.11 | 0.09 |
| s9 | It is difficult to plan … | 0.03 | -0.06 | 0.79 | 0.00 | -0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.03 | -0.01 |
| s10 | My current priority is to … | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.72 | -0.01 | -0.06 | 0.18 | -0.20 | 0.19 | 0.08 | -0.01 |
| s7 | Sometimes, my ... is a disaster! | -0.03 | -0.29 | 0.52 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.13 | -0.08 | -0.04 | 0.08 |
| s5 | I am confident about … | -0.02 | 0.38 | -0.47 | -0.36 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
| s11 | I tend to … | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.34 | -0.10 | -0.20 | -0.21 |
| s20 | I have all the things I need to … | 0.04 | 0.13 | -0.02 | -0.74 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.10 |
| s21 | I’d be happier if I could … | -0.04 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.74 | -0.02 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.04 | -0.03 |
| s15 | There are certain people … | 0.00 | -0.02 | 0.12 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| s26 | I know where to find out about … | -0.02 | 0.07 | -0.04 | -0.05 | 0.94 | -0.06 | -0.01 | 0.00 | -0.01 | 0.01 |
| s27 | I know where to find out about … | -0.01 | 0.06 | -0.06 | -0.05 | 0.94 | -0.05 | -0.03 | 0.01 | -0.01 | 0.01 |
| s31 | I would only have … if … | 0.04 | -0.02 | 0.07 | 0.07 | -0.05 | 0.92 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.00 | -0.02 |
| s30 | I would only have … if … | 0.03 | -0.01 | 0.11 | 0.04 | -0.05 | 0.92 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| s22 | I regard … as an extravagance | 0.27 | -0.08 | -0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.85 | 0.02 | 0.08 | -0.05 |
| s23 | I regard ... as an extravagance | 0.28 | -0.11 | 0.00 | -0.01 | -0.04 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.07 | 0.11 | -0.01 |
| s17 | The things I own say … | -0.02 | 0.08 | 0.14 | -0.02 | -0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| s16 | Some of the most important … | -0.05 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.10 | -0.05 | 0.71 | 0.00 | -0.06 |
| s19 | I like a lot of ... in my life | -0.04 | 0.15 | -0.06 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.51 | -0.38 | -0.06 |
| s18 | I usually only … | 0.06 | 0.05 | -0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.11 | -0.04 | 0.78 | 0.02 |
| s2 | I tend to feel guilty if … | -0.03 | -0.12 | 0.35 | 0.26 | -0.07 | 0.15 | 0.20 | -0.08 | 0.39 | -0.07 |
| s13 | I enjoy having … | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 | -0.02 | 0.05 | -0.01 | -0.04 | 0.71 |
| s14 | I don’t like to … | -0.02 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.14 | -0.57 |
| s12 | I don’t get particularly upset when … | -0.04 | -0.12 | 0.03 | -0.25 | 0.05 | 0.08 | -0.13 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.51 |
| VARIANCE EXPLAINED | 9.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | |
| CUMULATIVE VARIANCE EXPLAINED | 9.0 | 16.3 | 23.1 | 29.7 | 35.8 | 41.7 | 47.5 | 53.2 | 57.7 | 61.6 | |