Indicators

Threshold Value

Source

Cronbach’s alpha > 0.7 is considered as acceptable; ranging from 0.70 to 0.95 is acceptable

>0.7

Tavakol and Dennick, (2011) ; Shresta, (2020)

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO)

Meritorious:0.8 to 1

Middling: 0.7 to 0.79

Mediocre: 0.6 to 0.69

Not adequate: < 0.6

Recommended value of 0.6 or above

Shresta, (2020) ; Hair, et al. (2010)

Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity

Significant at p < .05

Shresta, (2020) ; Hair, et al. (2010)

Diagonal values of the anti-image correlation matrix

>0.5

Chan and Idris (2017) ; Shresta (2020)

Sample size

200 – fair, 300 – good, 500 – very good

At least five times the number of observed variables; more acceptable would have a 10:1 ratio

More than 300 satisfying 10:1 ratio

Comrey and Lee (1992 cited in Pearson and Mundfrom, 2010 ): Hair, et al. (2010)