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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2018 Jul;63(1):57–61. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.01.015

Table 1.

Comparison of latent class model fit statistics

Number of classes Log likelihood AIC BIC aBIC LMR-A Entropy
1 −23,702.65 47,609.30 48,113.99 47,790.02 - -
2 −20,200.32 40,810.65 41,824.98 41,173.87 6984.935**** .97
3 −18,997.31 38,610.61 40,134.58 39,156.33 2401.869**** .97
4 −18,125.72 37,073.44 39,107.04 37,801.65 1,742.54 .95
5 −18,090.39 37,208.79 39,752.03 38,119.49 1,735.15 .96

When comparing models, lower AIC, BIC, and aBIC values and significant LMR-A p values indicate improved model fit.

aBIC = sample-size adjusted BIC; AIC = Akaike Information Criterion; BIC = Bayesian Information Criterion; LMR-A = Lo-Mendell-Rubin-Adjusted Likelihood Ratio Test.

****

p < .0001.