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Table 2 Results of principal component analysis of the standardized residuals, separation and reliability values of persons and items

From: Rasch analysis and differential item functioning of English language anxiety scale (ELAS) across sex in Egyptian context

Subscales

Raw variance explained by measure (%)

Unexplained variance

Separation index

Reliability

Total

1st contrast

2st contrast

Persons

Items

Persons

Items

Speaking anxiety

15.3 (65.7%)

8.0 (34.3%)

1.6 (6.7%)

1.4 (6.0%)

2.20

12.23

0.83

0.99

Writing anxiety

9.80 (55.2%)

8.0 (44.8%)

1.6 (8.7%)

1.3 (7.5%)

1.98

8.25

0.80

0.99

Reading anxiety

11.1 (58.2%)

8.0 (41.8%)

1.9 (10.0%)

1.4 (7.3%)

2.19

8.07

0.83

0.98

Listening anxiety

13.6 (63.0%)

8.0 (37.0%)

1.6 (7.4%)

1.3 (6.0%)

2.07

8.95

0.81

0.99

Total score

22.0 (40.7%)

32.0 (59.3%)

3.6 (6.7%)

3.1 (5.8%)

3.01

12.79

0.90

0.99