Table 9.
Model | χ2 | df | P value | RMSEAa | PCLOSEb | Δχ2 | Δ df | Significance | CFIc | ΔCFI | Critical N | |
.05 | .01 | |||||||||||
1) Configural invariance | 128.363 | 48 | <.001 | .041 | .954 | N/Ad | N/A | N/A | .986 | N/A | 505 | 571 |
2) Metric invariance | 149.262 | 58 | <.001 | .040 | .983 | 20.899 | 10 | .022 | .984 | .002 | 512 | 573 |
3) Scalar invariance | 203.237 | 74 | <.001 | .042 | .971 | 74.874 | 26 | <.001 | .978 | .008 | 466 | 515 |
aRMSEA: root mean square error of approximation.
bPCLOSE: probability of close fit.
cCFI: comparative fit index.
dN/A: not applicable.