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. 2015 Nov 19;6:1770. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01770

Table 7.

Results of the exploratory factor analysis for the three tests.

Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Communalities
Test 1 Conjunction fallacy 0.03 0.03 0.49 0.24
Base-rate neglect 0.48 −0.08 0.19 0.3
Covariation detection 0.07 0.03 0.69 0.5
Insensitivity to sample size 0.48 0.07 0.16 0.22
Gambler's fallacy 0.94 0.06 0.05 0.93
Framing effect 0.08 0.99 0.02 0.99
Sunk cost fallacy 0.30 0.04 −0.06 0.09
Test 2 Conjunction fallacy −0.24 0.06 0.5 0.18
Base-rate neglect −0.04 −0.03 0.54 0.26
Covariation detection 0.59 −0.23 0.08 0.45
Insensitivity to sample size 0.42 −0.1 −0.13 0.27
Gambler's fallacy 0.85 0.12 −0.17 0.6
Framing effect 0.04 0.99 0.02 0.99
Sunk cost fallacy 0.3 0.03 0.35 0.33
Test 3 Conjunction fallacy 0.46 −0.19 0.48 0.57
Base-rate neglect −0.46 0.16 0.98 0.99
Covariation detection −0.02 0.09 0.15 0.03
Insensitivity to sample size 0.84 −0.02 0.13 0.69
Gambler's fallacy 0.55 −0.28 0.13 0.39
Framing effect −0.06 1.00 0.11 0.99
Sunk cost fallacy 0.05 0.07 0.39 0.18

Factor loadings of 0.3 and above are marked with bold. Factors with one item loading are presented only for demonstrative purposes.