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. 2010 Jun 23;13(3):234–243. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00584.x

Table 3.

 Measures of global fit for all models estimated

χ2 d.f. P χ2/d.f. RMSEA GFI AGFI NFI TLI CFI BIC
Thresholds for acceptable fit1     ≥0.05 ≤5.00 ≤0.08 ≥0.80 ≥0.85 ≥0.80 ≥0.80 ≥0.85 Small
Thresholds for good fit1     ≥0.10 ≤3.00 ≤0.05 ≥0.90 ≥0.95 ≥0.95 ≥0.95 ≥0.95 Small
Original model (calculation sample) 506.76 76 <0.001 6.67 0.085 0.909 0.875 0.873 0.867 0.889 700.39
Adapted model (calculation sample) 115.89 41 <0.001 2.83 0.048 0.974 0.958 0.969 0.973 0.980 282.82
Adapted model (validation sample) 146.74 41 <0.001 3.58 0.057 0.967 0.947 0.965 0.965 0.974 313.80

1Recommendations are based on Kline, 24 Byrne, 25 Kriston, 26 Hu, 27 Browne 32 and Schermelleh‐Engel. 33

RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; GFI, goodness‐of‐fit index; AGFI, adjusted goodness‐of‐fit index; NFI, normed‐fit index; TLI, Tucker–Lewis index; CFI, comparative‐fit index; BIC, Bayesian information criterion.