Table 2. Exploratory Factor Analysis of Geek Engagement.
| Role Playing | Hobbies | Puppetry Robotics | Japanese | Genres | Theater | Life Styles | Horror | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARP | .613 | .348 | .298 | .208 | .035 | .105 | .344 | .168 |
| Tabletop | .835 | .481 | .257 | .188 | .255 | .260 | .327 | .207 |
| Computer Gaming | .351 | .045 | -.117 | .135 | .329 | .100 | .013 | .197 |
| Cosplay | .507 | .561 | .448 | .367 | .135 | .341 | .416 | .230 |
| Internet | .139 | .067 | .016 | .222 | .203 | .189 | .103 | .210 |
| Renfaire | .477 | .741 | .248 | .194 | .172 | .461 | .346 | .313 |
| SCA | .493 | .839 | .476 | .203 | .057 | .309 | .436 | .218 |
| Weapons | .391 | .526 | .400 | .179 | .113 | .044 | .353 | .274 |
| Paranormal | .338 | .549 | .338 | .113 | .154 | .311 | .401 | .517 |
| Puppetry | .416 | .597 | .812 | .262 | .042 | .326 | .525 | .236 |
| Robots | .472 | .401 | .592 | .260 | .154 | .215 | .238 | .281 |
| Theater | .402 | .478 | .483 | .241 | .181 | .627 | .284 | .312 |
| Creative Writing | .239 | .293 | .117 | .232 | .215 | .450 | .180 | .453 |
| Social Network Sites | .207 | .138 | -.020 | .054 | .085 | .237 | .062 | .266 |
| Real Life | .015 | -.029 | -.184 | -.056 | .122 | -.011 | -.202 | .122 |
| Fantasy | .248 | .115 | -.193 | .313 | .608 | .143 | .046 | .322 |
| SciFi | .220 | .067 | -.001 | .214 | .861 | .198 | .005 | .228 |
| Anime | .204 | .134 | .073 | .907 | .263 | .135 | .122 | .156 |
| Manga | .222 | .208 | .256 | .855 | .171 | .209 | .251 | .151 |
| Comics | .384 | .244 | .278 | .326 | .275 | .383 | .147 | .377 |
| Horror | .214 | .224 | .122 | .176 | .228 | .249 | .285 | .717 |
| Broadway | .319 | .427 | .192 | .275 | .252 | .701 | .268 | .319 |
| Alternative History | .393 | .389 | .221 | .298 | .424 | .482 | .292 | .420 |
| Cartoons | .140 | .288 | .111 | .242 | .231 | .358 | .139 | .375 |
| British Series | .220 | .197 | -.003 | .176 | .516 | .491 | .059 | .263 |
| Filking | .437 | .601 | .469 | .294 | .149 | .503 | .458 | .252 |
| Cinema | .185 | .204 | .268 | .106 | .229 | .460 | .103 | .427 |
| Joss Whedon Films | .204 | .257 | .084 | .158 | .457 | .508 | .158 | .426 |
| Rocky Horror | .406 | .465 | .295 | .209 | .195 | .635 | .418 | .410 |
| Skeptic | .118 | .049 | -.091 | .054 | .265 | .154 | .196 | .297 |
| Lolita | .379 | .441 | .362 | .280 | .046 | .210 | .808 | .287 |
| Gothic | .341 | .325 | .148 | .156 | .114 | .281 | .671 | .456 |
| Furry | .410 | .483 | .512 | .253 | .030 | .184 | .759 | .128 |
| Pagan | .424 | .520 | .329 | .182 | .115 | .283 | .719 | .342 |
| BDSM | .411 | .470 | .261 | .246 | .094 | .302 | .721 | .383 |
| Polyamore | .443 | .522 | .420 | .150 | -.032 | .241 | .608 | .240 |
Extraction Method: Maximum Likelihood; Rotation Method: Promax with Kaiser Normalization.
Note: Bolded items were retained for the final GCES.