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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Test Assess Model. 2016;58(2):255–307.

Table 2. PROMIS applied cognition - general concerns item set: Tests of dimensionality from principal components analysis (eigenvalues by subgroup).

Statistic Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 Component 4 Ratio Component 1/Component 2
Total Sample (n = 5,477)
Eigenvalues 7.251 0.254 0.123 0.104 28.5
Explained Variance 90.6 % 3.2 % 1.5 % 1.3 %
Random First Half Sample (n = 2,739)
Eigenvalues 7.282 0.243 0.120 0.097 30.0
Explained Variance 91.0 % 3.0 % 1.5 % 1.2 %
Females (n = 3,245)
Eigenvalues 7.221 0.268 0.134 0.110 26.9
Explained Variance 90.3 % 3.4 % 1.7 % 1.4 %
Males (n = 2,196)
Eigenvalues 7.268 0.246 0.116 0.096 29.5
Explained Variance 90.9 % 3.1 % 1.5 % 1.2 %
Age 21 to 49 (n = 1,199)
Eigenvalues 7.268 0.254 0.122 0.101 28.6
Explained Variance 90.9 % 3.2 % 1.5 % 1.3 %
Age 50 to 64 (n = 2,008)
Eigenvalues 7.285 0.231 0.123 0.103 31.5
Explained Variance 91.1 % 2.9 % 1.5 % 1.3 %
Age 65 to 84 (n = 2,234)
Eigenvalues 7.155 0.297 0.139 0.112 24.1
Explained Variance 89.4 % 3.7 % 1.7 % 1.4 %
Race/Ethnicity: Non-Hispanic White (n = 2,272)
Eigenvalues 7.325 0.229 0.116 0.095 32.0
Explained Variance 91.6 % 2.9 % 1.5 % 1.2 %
Race/Ethnicity: Non-Hispanic Black (n = 1,121)
Eigenvalues 7.240 0.272 0.131 0.100 26.6
Explained Variance 90.5 % 3.4 % 1.6 % 1.3 %
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic (n = 1,045)
Eigenvalues 7.186 0.280 0.130 0.113 25.7
Explained Variance 89.8 % 3.5 % 1.6 % 1.4 %
Race/Ethnicity: Non-Hispanic Asians/Pacific Islanders (n = 902)
Eigenvalues 7.171 0.277 0.148 0.128 25.9
Explained Variance 89.6 % 3.5 % 1.9 % 1.6 %
Education: Less Than High School (n = 968)
Eigenvalues 7.126 0.289 0.149 0.111 24.7
Explained Variance 89.1 % 3.6 % 1.9 % 1.4 %
Education: High School (n = 1,051)
Eigenvalues 7.211 0.266 0.145 0.105 27.1
Explained Variance 90.1 % 3.3 % 1.8 % 1.3 %
Education: Some College (n = 1,762)
Eigenvalues 7.327 0.238 0.112 0.087 30.8
Explained Variance 91.6 % 3.0 % 1.4 % 1.1 %
Education: College Degree (n = 984)
Eigenvalues 7.242 0.265 0.123 0.115 27.3
Explained Variance 90.5 % 3.3 % 1.5 % 1.4 %
Education: Graduate Degree (n = 641)
Eigenvalues 7.297 0.241 0.121 0.104 30.3
Explained Variance 91.2 % 3.0 % 1.5 % 1.3 %
Hispanics Interviewed in English (n = 705)
Eigenvalues 7.267 0.266 0.118 0.106 27.3
Explained Variance 90.8 % 3.3 % 1.5 % 1.3 %
Hispanics Interviewed in Spanish (n = 335)
Eigenvalues 6.990 0.333 0.170 0.149 21.0
Explained Variance 87.4 % 4.2 % 2.1 % 1.9 %