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An Analysis of High and Low Intercorrelations between Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Achievement Variables: A Prerequisite for a Reliable Factor Analysis

Table 3

The correlation matrix showing only correlations higher than 0.60.
 an2se4an5an6se7an8se9se10se12se13an14an15se16an17an18se19se20se21an22se23an25an26an27se28se29
an2     0.75‡               0.85‡ −0.70‡ 
se4     −0.63‡0.64‡  0.66‡  0.72‡  0.72‡0.60‡0.70‡−0.63‡      
an5     0.61‡ −0.68‡     0.62‡   −0.60‡   0.69‡  −0.62‡
an6     0.69‡      −0.64‡0.63‡0.66‡−0.62‡ −0.77‡0.66‡ 0.73‡    
se7        0.70‡     −0.70‡          
an8      −0.67‡   0.60‡ −0.68‡0.67‡0.61‡−0.80‡−0.63‡−0.74‡0.72‡  0.78‡ −0.62‡−0.68‡
se9            0.64‡ −0.61‡0.67‡0.62‡0.68‡−0.63‡    0.75‡0.60‡
se10        0.63‡    −0.67‡  0.66‡       0.61‡
se12             −0.62‡−0.61‡   −0.66‡      
se13               0.72‡ 0.62‡       
an14                      0.70‡ −0.62‡
an15              0.63‡          
se16                 0.70‡−0.68‡0.61‡     
an17              0.68‡−0.70‡−0.68‡−0.72‡0.79‡     −0.61‡
an18                −0.65‡−0.67‡0.71‡      
se19                0.63‡0.76‡−0.68‡  −0.67‡ 0.61‡0.61‡
se20                 0.65‡−0.63‡    0.64‡0.69‡
se21                  −0.82‡0.60‡−0.76‡  0.61‡ 
an22                    0.63‡    
se23                         
an25                         
an26                        −0.63‡
an27                         
se28                        0.62‡
se29                         
Note. N = 79. Correlations over 0.80 appear in bold. Significance levels ‡, †, and (two-tailed).