The school system of a major city wanted to determine the characteristics of a great teacher, and so they asked 120 students to rate the importance of each of the following 9 criteria using a Likert scale of 1 to 10 with 10 representing that a particular characteristic is extremely important and 1 representing that the characteristic is not important.

The nine criteria are as follows:

? Setting high expectations for the students

? Entertaining

? Able to communicate effectively

? Having expertise in their subject

? Able to motivate

? Caring

? Charismatic

? Having a passion for teaching

? Friendly and easy-going

Number of variables: 9 Method: Principal components log (10) determinant of correlation matrix: -. 92265 Number of factors extracted: 4 Eigenvalues: 2. 55805 1. 54249 1. 30991 1. 09303 | Factor Loadings (Unrotated) (Sheet1 in factor) Factor Loadings (Varimax raw) (Sheet1 in factor) Extraction: Principal components Extraction: Principal components (Marked loadings are >.600000) (Marked loadings are > .600000) Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Variable 1 2 3 4 Variable 1 2 3 4 Expect 0.102794 -0.641227 -0.340158 -0.408506 Expect 0.291288 -0.680855 -0.305039 0.250724 Entertain -0.661813 0.214263 -0.218634 0.348035 Entertain 0.534115 0.598459 -0.009359 -0.096512 Comm -0.660307 -0.572410 -0. 149087 0.077819 Comm 0.862267 -0. 166395 0.037732 -0. 139022 Expert -0.085014 0.381385 -0.292561 -0.827743 Expert -0.048100 0.053770 0.017155 0.958089 Motivate -0.598412 0.085798 0.514170 -0. 194174 Motivate 0.305474 0. 145456 0.737972 0.091962 Caring -0.221068 0.006620 0.776103 -0. 199655 Caring -0.051715 -0. 102474 0.821610 -0.053803 Charisma -0.801075 -0.266281 -0.212214 0.005447 Charisma 0.856186 0.118103 0.084166 0.060028 Passion -0.705141 0.065010 0.064255 -0. 174939 Passion 0.536741 0.241202 0.372175 0.226712 Friendly -0.346900 0.727849 -0.350308 0.074908 Friendly 0.063423 0.809260 -0.123843 0.322753 Expl. Var 2.558048 1.542489 1.309913 1.093030 Expl. Var 2.237102 1.610983 1.475435 1.179960 Prp. Totl 0.284228 0. 171388 0. 145546 0. 121448 Pro. Totl 0.248567 0. 178998 0. 163937 0.131107