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Table 4 Rotated factor loadings and Cronbach’s α values for ARC scale

From: Investigating relationships between community of inquiry perceptions and attitudes towards reading circles in Chinese blended EFL learning

 

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

Factor 1: Usefulness, α = 0.801, mean = 4.18, SD = 0.55

 Usefulness 1

0.680

  

 Usefulness 2

0.613

  

 Usefulness 3

0.558

  

 Usefulness 4

0.754

  

 Usefulness 5

0.679

  

 Usefulness 6

0.538

  

Factor 2: Affect, α = 0.876, mean = 4.12, SD = 0.61

 Affect 1

 

0.640

 

 Affect 2

 

0.598

 

 Affect 3

 

0.610

 

 Affect 4

 

0.602

 

 Affect 5

 

0.697

 

 Affect 6

 

0.684

 

 Affect 7

 

0.645

 

 Affect 8

 

0.560

 

Factor 3: Behavior, α = 0.821, mean = 4.62, SD = 0.47

 Behavior 1

  

0.662

 Behavior 2

  

0.813

 Behavior 3

  

0.809

 Behavior 4

  

0.861

 Behavior 5

  

0.609

 Behavior 6

  

0.459

  1. Overall reliability coefficient: 0.913; Total variance explained: 56.333%