Research Article

Development of the Short-Form Yin Deficiency Scale Using Three Item Reduction Approaches

Table 5

Dimensionality results of the 14-item Yin Deficiency Scale by Rasch analysis.

Standardized residual varianceEigenvalue (%)

Total raw variance in observations23.201 (100)
Raw variance explained by measures9.208 (39.7)
Raw variance explained by persons2.851 (12.3)
Raw variance explained by items6.357 (27.4)
Raw unexplained variance (total)14.000 (60.3)
Unexplained variance in 1st contrast1.994 (8.6)
Unexplained variance in 2nd contrast1.770 (7.6)
Unexplained variance in 3rd contrast1.485 (6.4)
Unexplained variance in 4th contrast1.335 (5.8)
Unexplained variance in 5th contrast1.261 (5.4)

The value in bold indicates an acceptable eigenvalue of the variance for unidimensionality (<2.0).