Table 2.

Goodness of Fit Statistics for Multidimensional Nominal Response Models to Capture Affect and Response Styles

Model		Log-likelihood	BIC	AIC	Number of parameters
Negative affect
N1	Affect factor only	−68,937.7	138,303.9	137,973.3	49
N2	Affect factor + freely estimated response style factor	−66,733.3	133,930.2	133,572.7	53
N3	Affect factor + extreme response style factor	−66,785.9	134,009.2	133,671.9	50
N4	Affect factor + low and high extreme response factors	−66,692.1	133,839.1	133,488.3	52
Positive affect
P1	Affect factor only	−99,994.5	200,452.5	200,094.9	53
P2	Affect factor + freely estimated response style factor	−94,158.0	188,814.5	188,430.0	57
P3	Affect factor + extreme response style factor	−94,557.2	189,586.7	189,222.4	54
P4	Affect factor + low and high extreme response factors	−94,376.5	189,242.8	188,865.0	56

Notes: AIC = Akaike information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion.