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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Nurs. 2017 Mar 20;26(11-12):1562–1574. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13457

Table 2. Goodness-of-Fit Statistics and Likelihood Ratio Tests of Latent Class Analysis Models Containing Different Numbers of Classes.

Goodness-of-Fit Statistics

Latent Class Models Entropy AIC BIC Adjusted BIC
1-Class Model  - 15484.42 15649.79 15525.99
2-Class Model 0.978 11713.49 12048.47 11797.71
3-Class Model 0.975 9722.44 10227.04 9849.31
4-Class Model 0.980 9050.95 9725.16 9220.47
Likelihood Ratio Tests

Class Comparison Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin LRT Lo-Mendell-Rubin LRT
1-Class model vs. 2-class model 3850.93, P<0.001 3835.56, P<0.001
2-Class model vs 3-class model 2071.05, P<0.001 2062.78, P< 0.001
3-Class model vs 4-class model 751.49, P=0.734 748.49, P=0.735