Table 6.

Loading matrix for four factors exploratory factor analysis of the PIRLS 2006 data for test booklet number 4, German sample.

Item	Factor
	1	2	3	4
R011A01CA,R	0.15	0.26	0.39	−0.05
R011A02MA,R	0.14	0.28	0.34	0.19
R011A03CA,R	0.16	0.24	0.09	0.03
R011A04CA,I	0.39	0.19	0.10	0.06
R011A05MA,R	0.22	0.08	0.19	0.21
R011A06MA,R	0.20	0.03	0.14	0.06
R011A07CA,R	0.50	0.20	0.22	0.15
R011A08CA,R	0.35	0.04	0.38	−0.09
R011A09CA,I	0.55	0.18	0.11	0.00
R011A10MA,I	0.28	0.27	0.22	0.11
R011A11CA,I	0.37	0.06	0.14	0.02
R021E01ML,R	0.08	0.45	0.19	−0.06
R021E02ML,R	0.02	0.49	0.09	0.24
R021E03ML,R	0.14	0.34	−0.02	0.02
R021E04ML,R	0.17	0.28	0.15	0.02
R021E05CL,R	0.22	0.23	0.32	0.12
R021E06ML,R	0.17	0.44	0.09	0.28
R021E07CL,I	0.13	0.06	0.48	0.22
R021E08ML,I	0.32	0.23	0.04	0.48
R021E09CL,I	0.45	0.24	0.02	0.20
R021E10CL,I	0.27	0.23	0.17	0.07
R021E11ML,I	0.00	0.01	0.06	0.40
R021E12CL,I	0.38	0.17	0.31	0.22

Factor loadings greater or equal 0.30 are highlighted.

A, Acquire and Use Information; L, Literary Experience; R, Retrieving and Straightforward Inferencing; I, Interpreting, Integrating, and Evaluating.