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. 2015 Aug;109(2):316–337. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000046

Table 2. Fit Indices for Latent Class Growth Analysis on Sojourners’ Perceived Stress.

Two-class model Three-class model Four-class model Five-class model Six-class model
linear quadratic linear quadratic linear quadratic linear quadratic linear quadratic
Note. BIC = Bayesian Information Criteria; aBIC = sample size adjusted BIC; LMR-LRT = Lo-Mendell-Rubin Likelihood Ratio Test; BLRT = Bootstrap Likelihood Ratio Test; c# = class number.
Free parameters 9 11 12 15 15 19 18 23 21 27
Log likelihood −9,186.00 −9,166.37 −8,998.92 −8,970.25 −8,937.15 −8,906.17 −8,907.75 −8,867.46 −8,883.53 −8,844.40
BIC 18,440.47 18,416.43 18,089.14 18,054.63 17,988.42 17,956.90 17,952.44 17,903.90 17,926.84 17,894.23
aBIC 18,411.87 18,381.48 18,051.01 18,006.97 17,940.76 17,896.53 17,895.25 17,830.83 17,860.12 17,808.45
Entropy .56 .56 .71 .71 .68 .68 .64 .70 .63 .71
LMR-LRT p <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 .008 .03 .21 .16 .07 .12
BLRT p <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
Class counts (fit probabilities)
 c#1 909 (.86) 911 (.86) 489 (.84) 468 (.77) 110 (.84) 100 (.85) 128 (.81) 819 (.76) 59 (.84) 86 (.87)
 c#2 1,106 (.88) 1,104 (.87) 137 (.83) 151 (.70) 1016 (.83) 113 (.68) 78 (.86) 83 (.87) 193 (.71) 45 (.73)
 c#3 1,389 (.88) 1,396 (.93) 807 (.78) 816 (.79) 866 (.78) 951 (.82) 327 (.74) 75 (.79)
 c#4 82 (.87) 86 (.73) 850 (.71) 64 (.75) 239 (.69) 765 (.75)
 c#5 93 (.72) 98 (.81) 1147 (.72) 979 (.82)
 c#6 50 (.77) 65 (.69)