Table 7.
Study 2: All values of BIC used in model selection.
| BIC | |||
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| K | Version 1 | Version 4 | |
| Strong metric invariance | |||
| 1 | 12650.544 | 12229.431 | |
| 2 | 12648.558 | 12205.890 | |
| 3 | 12667.305 | 12222.515 | |
| Weak metric invariance | |||
| 1 | 12650.544 | 12229.431 | |
| 2 | 12604.522 | 12138.856 | |
| 3 | 12677.704 | 12211.276 | |
| Configural invariance | |||
| 1 | 12650.544 | 12229.431 | |
| 2 | 12637.701 | 12147.705 | |
Note: BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion. Note that the 1-class strong metric invariance, weak metric invariance, and configural invariance models are the same.