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Published in final edited form as: J Nurs Manag. 2018 Jan 10;26(5):597–604. doi: 10.1111/jonm.12587

TABLE 3.

Multi-sample structural equation models (MS-SEM): Goodness-of-fit indexes

	χ²(df)	χ²/df	CFI	TLI	SRMR	RMSEA
(a) Unconstrained model: all parameters are freely estimated	166.45 (98)	1.70	.975	.97	.04	.03 [.02–.04]
(b) Constrained factor loadings (λ)	216.99 (106)	2.05	.959	.95	.05	.04 [.03–.05]
(c) Constrained regressed paths (β)	314.32 (104)	3.02	.923	.90	.10	.05 [.05–.06]
(d) Partially constrained regressed paths (β)	174.33 (101)	1.72	.973	.96	.05	.03 [.02–.04]
(e) Partially constrained regressed paths (β) + control variables	301.35 (155)	1.94	.955	.93	.05	.04 [.03–.04]

χ², chi-squared; df, degree of freedom; CFI, comparative fit index; TLI, Tucker-Lewis index; SRMR, standardized root mean square residual; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; λ, lambda, standardized factor loading; β, standardized regressed path.