Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for SRMCA items and item loadings resulting from Principal Axis Factoring.
| SRMCA Items | Descriptive Statistics | PAF Solution 2 a | PAF Solution 2 b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 M | T1 SD | T2 M | T2 SD | r | F1 | F2 | F1 | F2 | F3 | |
| Gf. Anticipate outcomes | 5.27 | 0.96 | 5.09 | 0.88 | 0.57 | 0.26 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.32 | |
| Gf. Come up with a solution to a problem never experienced before | 4.77 | 1.13 | 4.64 | 0.90 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.70 | |||
| Gf. Come up with a strategy to solve a difficult problem | 4.75 | 0.95 | 4.70 | 1.05 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 0.29 | 0.63 | ||
| Gf. Look at a problem from multiple perspectives | 5.00 | 0.93 | 5.02 | 0.93 | 0.36 | 0.57 | 0.67 | |||
| Gf. Use information I have learnt previously in a new context | 4.91 | 0.92 | 4.77 | 0.93 | 0.55 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.80 | ||
| Gc. Convey precisely what I am trying to say | 5.12 | 1.03 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.65 | |||
| Gc. Demonstrate my word knowledge | 5.31 | 1.00 | 5.19 | 1.06 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.56 | |||
| Gc. Display the extent of my general knowledge | 5.40 | 0.97 | 5.21 | 0.93 | 0.62 | 0.88 | 0.38 | 0.64 | ||
| Gc. Express a large vocabulary | 5.10 | 1.14 | 5.02 | 1.15 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.95 | |||
| Gc. Think of the correct name of an object | 4.78 | 1.08 | 4.70 | 0.99 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.69 | |||
| Gc. Understand written instructions | 5.30 | 0.92 | 5.15 | 0.97 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.35 | ||
| Gv. Complete games that require visual skills | 5.28 | 1.03 | 5.17 | 0.89 | 0.63 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.45 | ||
| Gv. Determine if furniture will fit in a room just by visualising it | 4.89 | 1.17 | 4.83 | 1.28 | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.78 | |||
| Gv. Follow visual diagrams that come with “assemble yourself” products | 4.96 | 1.24 | 4.92 | 1.27 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.70 | |||
| Gv. Imagine how an object will look when it is completed | 4.92 | 0.99 | 4.85 | 1.26 | 0.76 | 0.92 | 0.75 | |||
| Gv. Imagine what an object would look like from a different angle | 4.63 | 0.98 | 4.60 | 1.21 | 0.65 | .94 | 0.47 | 0.54 | ||
| Gv. Mentally rotate three-dimensional images in my mind | 4.48 | 1.14 | 4.43 | 1.05 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.66 | |||
| Gv. Understand information presented in a visual format | 5.34 | 0.99 | 5.17 | 1.03 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.35 | 0.60 | ||
| Gv. Visually estimate if something will fit | 5.29 | 1.10 | 5.42 | 1.29 | 0.65 | 0.85 | 0.76 | |||
Note: T1 = Time 1 (n = 93); T2 = Time 2 (n = 53). Item loadings ≤0.25 suppressed for clarity. a Factors derived based on Eigenvalues ≥1. b Specified three factor solution.