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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2013 Jul-Aug;62(4):218–225. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31829999d7

Table 4.

BIC Values for to Select a Model Having the Optimal Number of Groups

No. of Groups PEE NEE
1 −1397.96 −695.63
2 −1388.43 −683.84
3 −1385.22 −685.49
4 −1392.29 −700.21

Note. PEE = positive emotional expression.

NEE = negative emotional expression. The maximum value of the function of BIC estimated in PROC TRAJ is used to select the optimal model.