= What thresholds should I use for factor loading cut-offs? =

Hair et al give rules of thumb for assessing the practical significance of standardised factor loadings as denoted by either __the component coefficients in the case of principal components, the factor matrix (in a single factor model or an uncorrelated multiple factor model) or the pattern matrix (in a correlated multiple factor model).__

__Hair et al. (p112) Table of Loadings for Practical Significance__


||||<50% style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> '''Factor Loading''' || '''Sample Size needed for significance'''||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.30 || 350  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.35 || 250  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.40 || 200  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.45 || 150  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.50 || 120  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.55 || 100  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.60 ||  85  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.65 ||  70  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.70 ||  60  ||
||||<50% style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> 0.75 ||  50  ||