Table 7.

Loading matrix for four factors principal axis 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	0.40	−0.06
R011A02MA,R	0.14	0.29	0.33	0.18
R011A03CA,R	0.16	0.24	0.09	0.02
R011A04CA,I	0.38	0.20	0.10	0.06
R011A05MA,R	0.22	0.07	0.19	0.24
R011A06MA,R	0.19	0.02	0.14	0.07
R011A07CA,R	0.50	0.20	0.22	0.16
R011A08CA,R	0.36	0.03	0.38	−0.08
R011A09CA,I	0.54	0.19	0.12	0.00
R011A10MA,I	0.28	0.27	0.22	0.11
R011A11CA,I	0.38	0.07	0.13	0.02
R021E01ML,R	0.07	0.45	0.19	−0.06
R021E02ML,R	0.03	0.49	0.09	0.24
R021E03ML,R	0.14	0.33	−0.02	0.02
R021E04ML,R	0.17	0.26	0.16	0.04
R021E05CL,R	0.21	0.23	0.32	0.12
R021E06ML,R	0.17	0.44	0.08	0.27
R021E07CL,I	0.13	0.06	0.47	0.23
R021E08ML,I	0.32	0.24	0.05	0.46
R021E09CL,I	0.45	0.24	0.02	0.19
R021E10CL,I	0.27	0.24	0.17	0.06
R021E11ML,I	0.00	0.02	0.05	0.40
R021E12CL,I	0.38	0.17	0.30	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.