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. 2012 Aug 6;7(8):e42286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042286

Table 4. Factor analysis/Component matrix for phonological and morphological variables.

Predictor Component
Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4
N-Syllables .92 .04 −.16 −.01
N-Phonemes .89 .04 −.14 .28
Syllabic Stress .77 .00 .04 −.12
N-Morphemes .78 .05 −.05 .00
Biphone Phonotactic Probability −.01 .99 −.02 .02
Phonotactic Probability .13 .98 −.05 .05
Word Frequency −.12 .06 .90 −.02
Word Familiarity −.10 −.12 .90 −.02
Phonological Neighborhood Density −.61 −.13 .21 .42
Phonological Complexity/Clustering .03 .03 .01 .95

Note: The above component matrix was derived using SPSS-18′s factor analysis algorithm employing a Varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization. The rotation converged after four iterations.