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Table 6 Results of principal components analysis of students’ responses to versions C and D

From: Freshman Undergraduate Biology Students’ Difficulties with the Concept of Common Ancestry

Question

PC1

PC2

N1

0.105

−0.533

N2

0.182

−0.288

N2.1

0.084

−0.492

N3

0.169

−0.415

H3

0.166

−0.282

N4

0.316

−0.009

N4.1

0.321

−0.065

N5

0.288

0.050

H5

0.345

0.201

N6

0.367

0.184

N6.1

0.310

0.078

N7

0.357

0.154

H7

0.359

0.167

  1. The question designations refer to the designations in Table 2. PC1 and PC2 refer to the first and second principal components, respectively. Loadings greater than 0.25 are highlighted in bold type