Table 4 Factor Loadings of Each Item of CTDI-CM (Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory for Chinese medical students)
Measurement indicators (Factors) | Items | Rotated sums of squared loadings | Rotated component matrix(α) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of variance | Cumulative % | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | ||
Open-mindedness | 8. Make decisions wisely and prudently (明智和谨慎地做决定) | 41.37% | 41.37% | 0.74 | 0.50 | −0.55 |
5. Accept different views (接纳不同观点) | 0.72 | 0.36 | −0.43 | |||
2. Have a fair and objective attitude (公正客观对待事物) | 0.71 | 0.45 | − 0.48 | |||
19. Winnow truth from falsehood (去伪存真) | 0.71 | 0.51 | −0.64 | |||
11. Actively comprehensively analyse problems (能动、全面分析事物的各方面) | 0.71 | 0.59 | −0.56 | |||
14. Are active thinkers (主动思考) | 0.65 | 0.47 | −0.54 | |||
17. Do not have blind faith in authority (不迷信权威) | 0.55 | 0.41 | −0.46 | |||
Truth seeking | 9. Avoid the negative effects of mental set (不陷于惯性思维定式) | 4.63% | 46.00% | 0.45 | 0.78 | −0.46 |
12. Break habitual thinking patterns (打破思维习惯) | 0.49 | 0.76 | −0.51 | |||
15. Do not allow unrealistic suggestions to alter thinking (不受偶然的暗示而犹豫动摇) | 0.50 | 0.69 | −0.51 | |||
3. Avoid allowing existing cognition to hinder judgments (不使原有认识阻碍判断) | 0.42 | 0.63 | −0.41 | |||
6. Seek solutions from many aspects (寻求多样性答案) | 0.48 | 0.59 | −0.55 | |||
Systematicity/analyticity | 7. Find the truth (寻找真相) | 3.59% | 49.59% | 0.52 | 0.47 | −0.79 |
4. Seek evidence (寻求证据) | 0.52 | 0.38 | −0.71 | |||
16. Distinguish truth from falsehood (在表面理由背后挖掘真相) | 0.54 | 0.55 | −0.67 | |||
13. Are capable of logical thinking (逻辑思维) | 0.51 | 0.52 | −0.67 | |||
18. View the problem in many ways (多方面审视问题) | 0.51 | 0.50 | −0.66 | |||
10. Engage in in-depth thinking (能够抓住事情深层次问题) | 0.48 | 0.59 | −0.65 | |||