Table 2. Fit indices for general sleep disturbance scale gmm solutions over seven assessments, with dyad as a clustering variable.
GMM | LL | AIC | BIC | Entropy | VLMRc |
1-Classa | −6238.023 | 12508.047 | 12564.581 | n/a | n/a |
2-Classb | −6208.505 | 12463.011 | 12544.279 | 0.856 | 59.036** |
3-Class | −6193.223 | 12444.445 | 12546.914 | 0.811 | 30.565n.s. |
p<.05, p** <.01, ***p<.001, n.s. = p>.05.
Random coefficients latent growth curve model with linear and quadratic components; Chi2 = 108.81, 26 df, p<0.001, CFI = 0.921, RMSEA = 0.112.
2-class model was selected, based on its having the smallest BIC, the largest entropy, and a significant VLMR. Further, the VLMR is not significant for the 3-class model, and the 3-class model estimated a class with only 4% of the sample – a class size that is unlikely to be reliable.
This value is the Chi2 statistic for the VLMR. When significant, the VLMR test provides evidence that the K-class model fits the data better than the K-1-class model.
Abbreviations: GMM = Growth mixture model; LL = log likelihood; AIC = Akaike Information Criteria; BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion; VLMR = Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test; CFI = comparative fit index; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation.