Table 1
Factor Loadings for Principal Axis Factoring for the Zero Cost Textbook Satisfaction Scale (ZSS) 11 items.
| FACTOR LOADINGS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | The free electronic textbooks/materials in this course were easy to use. | 0.862 | |
| 6 | The free textbooks/materials for this course were effective to help me learn. | 0.815 | |
| 11 | I would register for a future course that uses free textbooks/materials like the one(s) used in this course. | 0.813 | |
| 7 | I understood this course’s content better using the free textbooks/materials than when using paid textbooks/materials. | 0.801 | |
| 8 | I was able to put more effort into this course because of the free textbooks/materials. | 0.800 | |
| 4 | The free electronic textbooks/materials in this course were easy to understand. | 0.792 | |
| 5 | The quality of the free electronic textbooks/materials for this course were high. | 0.771 | |
| 9 | I was able to take useful notes using the free electronic textbooks/materials just as I would have with a paid textbook. | 0.766 | |
| 2 | I used/read the free course electronic textbooks/materials for this course. | 0.755 | |
| 10 | I read more using free textbooks/materials than if the course required paid textbooks/materials. | 0.667 | 0.410 |
| 1 | I was more satisfied to use free electronic textbooks/materials than overpaid textbooks/materials. | 0.613 | |