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. 2017 Jan 12;31(1):104–117. doi: 10.1002/per.2088

Table 3d.

Model comparison for the prediction of externalizing problems by mother, father, and offspring assertiveness. Ordered by delta AICc

Model names K AICc Delta AICc CFI p R 2 R 2 adj
Mother and offspring
Rising Ridge model 4 48 834.440 0.000 0.719 0.001 0.007
Full polynomial model 7 48 834.470 0.031 1.000 0.001 0.010
Only offspring effects, squared 4 48 834.660 0.224 0.698 0.002 0.006
Shifted Rising Ridge 5 48 835.160 0.719 0.746 0.001 0.008
SQD 3 48 835.440 1.003 0.531 0.002 0.006
Estimate (SE) p Value
b0—intercept 0.209 (0.007) 0.000
b1—offspring linear 0.001 (0.001) 0.092
b2—parent linear 0.001 (0.001) 0.092
b3—offspring squared 0.000 (0.000) 0.023
b4—interaction parent and offspring −0.001 (0.000) 0.023
b5—parent squared 0.000 (0.000) 0.023
Father and offspring
Only offspring effects, squared 4 41 853.920 0.000 1.000 0.003 0.006
Full polynomial model 7 41 857.670 3.744 1.000 0.006 0.007
mean 3 41 857.770 3.843 0.375 0.023 0.003
Only offspring effects 3 41 857.780 3.856 0.374 0.040 0.002
null 2 41 859.250 5.327 0.000 NA 0.000
Estimate (SE) p Value
b0—intercept 0.211 (0.007) 0.000
b1—offspring linear 0.003 (0.001) 0.054
b2—parent linear
b3—offspring squared 0.000 (0.000) 0.026
b4—interaction parent and offspring
b5—parent squared

Notes: k, number of parameters; AICc, corrected Akaike Information Criterion; CFI, Comparative fit index; R 2, variance explained of the model; pmodel, p value for explained variance of the model; R 2.adj, adjusted R 2.