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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Res Pers. 2010 Aug 1;44(4):407–420. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.03.002

Table 4. Assessment of Simple Structure Among the Unselected Lexical Markers.

Evaluative Factors
Non-evaluative factors
Simple structure indices
Simple structure indices
Dimensionality
Hyperplane
Complexity
Hyperplane
Complexity
Three dimensions
  Simulated simple structure - - 0.98 1.07
  Adjective Structure - - 0.54 1.64
  Simulated sphericity - - 0.53 1.72
Four dimensions
  Simulated simple structure 1.00 1.04 0.99 1.09
  Adjective Structure 0.42 1.89 0.55 1.92
  Simulated sphericity 0.42 2.05 0.54 2.05
Five dimensions
  Simulated simple structure 1.00 1.05 0.98 1.13
  Adjective Structure 0.46 2.10 0.59 2.18
  Simulated sphericity 0.44 2.38 0.59 2.34
Six dimensions
  Simulated simple structure 1.00 1.06 0.99 1.13
  Adjective Structure 0.49 2.27 0.61 2.33
  Simulated sphericity 0.46 2.68 0.61 2.67
Seven dimensions
  Simulated simple structure 0.99 1.08 0.99 1.16
  Adjective Structure 0.55 2.39 0.65 2.47
  Simulated sphericity 0.49 3.02 0.64 2.81