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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Learn Individ Differ. 2011 Feb 1;21(1):85–95. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.10.005

Table 7.

Model Fit of the Hierarchical Latent Variable Regression Models Predicting Reading and Spelling Skills at Grade 2 across a) U.S./Australia and b) Scandinavia

Dependent variable N χ2 df p CFI RMSEA SRMR
a)
 WR_G2 750 21.772 12 .040 .997 .033 .018
 PD_G2 750 14.744 12 .256 .999 .017 .013
 S_G2 750 28.186 12 .005 .995 .042 .015
b)
 WR_G2 230 18.906 12 .091 .989 .050 .025
 PD_G2 230 18.292 12 .107 .989 .048 .031
 S_G2 230 9.856 12 .629 1.000 .000 .018

Note. WR_G2 = Word recognition – Grade 2; PD_G2 = Phonological decoding – Grade 2; S_G2 = Spelling – Grade 2; χ2 = chi-square test statistic; CFI = comparative fit index; RMSEA = root-mean-square error of approximation; SRMR = standardized root-mean-square residual.