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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Dent Res. 2008 Jan;87(1):69–72. doi: 10.1177/154405910808700112

Table.

Trajectory Model Selection Criteria

BIC* Percent Change in BIC for +1 Group AIC
1 group −19528 −19512
2 groups −13165 −32.6 −13126
3 groups −11669 −11.4 −11607
4 groups −11026 −5.5 −10941
5 groups −10850 −1.6 −10743
6 groups −10748 − 0.9 −10618
7 groups −11401 +6.1 −11248
8 groups −11339 −0.5 −11163
9 groups −11378 +0.3 −11180
*

BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion; AIC, Akaike Information Criterion.