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Table 5 Summary of the factor extraction measures used in exploratory factor analysis of the Migraine Screen-Questionnaire (MS-Q) scores in Ethiopian university students

From: Migraine screen questionnaire: further psychometric evidence from categorical data methods

Number of Factors

Eigenvalue

Cumulative VAb

Above point of inflection on Scree plot

PA based on minimum rank

Decision to extract

Real-data VEb

Mean of random VEb

95th percentile of random VEb

Kaiser’s criteria (Eigenvalue≥1)

Cumulative VE rule (> 40%)

Scree test

PA 95th percentile of random VE > Real-data VE

1

3.599

71.982

Yes

88.8386b

59.6842

76.9187

a

a

a

a

2

0.521

10.420

No

9.2623

32.3088

44.6539

Χ

Χ

Χ

Χ

3

0.409

08.185

No

   

Χ

Χ

Χ

Χ

  1. a indicates extraction criteria fulfilled, Χ indicates otherwise
  2. b Values in percentage; VE Variance Explained, PA Parallel analysis