Table 9 The outcomes of the principal component analysis; the two columns indicate that 72% observed variation in content realism and characteristics realism can be explained by the two factors with an eigenvalue above the cutoff of 1.0 (χ²(36) 1570.98 p < 0.001; Cronbach’s alpha program content realism 0.91, Cronbach’s alpha characteristics realism 0.88) Factor 1 explains underlying variation in realism scores on the characteristics questions and Factor 2 explains variation in realism scores for program content questions

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