Table 1.

Goodness-of-Fit Statistics Related to Test for Invariance across Whites and African Americans

Model	Satora-Bentler Chi Square	df	Δ χ 2	Δ df	p	CFI	RMSEA	AIC
M1. Baseline	1533.92	540				0.862	0.052	65292.26
M2. Equal loading	1566.75	563	30.44	23	0.14	0.860	0.052	65285.31
M3. Equal intercept	1662.57	585	107.00	22	<.001	0.850	0.053	65350.44
M4. Equal intercept except i5, i6, & i17 intercepts free	1604.49	582	66.34	3	<.001	0.858	0.051	65279.97
M5. Equal error variance	1674.81	607	74.77	26	<.001	0.852	0.051	65342.38
M6. Equal factor variance	1601.02a	584	0.32	3	0.96	0.859	0.051	65271.52
M7. Equal factor covariance	1628.91	587	27.89	3	<.001	0.855	0.052	65303.23

Note. CFI = comparative fit index; RMSEA = root-mean square error of approximation; AIC = Akaike's information criterion.

** p< .01;

* p< .05.

^aM6 was tested against M4.