Table 2.
Model 1: No Difference |
Model 2: Means |
Model 3: Var/Covar |
Model 4: Patterns |
Model 5: Residuals |
|
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Free parameters | 25 | 27 | 30 | 49 | 50 |
AIC | 7,638.5 | 7,642.1 | 7,645.2 | 7,652.6 | 7,651.0 |
BIC | 7,734.3 | 7,745.6 | 7,760.2 | 7,840.3 | 7,842.6 |
RMSEA | 0.181 | 0.181 | 0.182 | 0.185 | 0.185 |
Log-likelihood H0 | −3,794.2 | −3,794.1 | −3,792.6 | −3,777.3 | −3,775.5 |
χ2 test value | 3,131.8 | 3,131.4 | 3,128.5 | 3,097.9 | 3,094.4 |
Note: Model statistics for each model tested. χ2 analyses indicated that Model 5 was the only model that fit better than Model 1 (p = .05). AIC = Akaike Information Criteria; BIC = Bayesian Information Criteria; Covar = covariance; RMSEA: Root Mean Square Error of Approximation; var = variance.