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Table 6 Factor analysis of requirement items

From: General Practitioners' preferences and use of educational media: a German perspective

 

Resulting scales with factor loadings

Item Mean (SD)

Items on requirements of education media

Didactic quality

Suitability

Efficacy

(Range: 0–2)

1. Problem based

0.74

  

1.2 (0.6)

2. Interactive

0.66

  

0.8 (0.6)

3. Graphical Material

0.63

  

0.9 (0.6)

4. German language

0.55

  

1.3 (0.6)

5. Relevant to practice

 

0.81

 

1.9 (0.3)

6. Reliable

 

0.71

 

1.9 (0.3)

7. Concise

 

0.60

0.30

1.7 (0.5)

8. Fast

  

0.76

1.5 (0.6)

9. Cost-effective

  

0.68

1.3 (0.6)

10. User friendly*

0.40

 

0.41

1.7 (0.5)

  1. Factor loadings > 0.5 are marked bold/*has no sufficient loading (see text)