Table 2.
Fit Indices for Latent Class Models
Class type | BIC | aBIC | Entropy | Lo-Mendel Rubin testa | BLRTa Replicated | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two-class | 29834.876 | 29726.911 | 0.747 | p < 0.001 | Yes | p < 0.001 |
Three-class | 29623.350 | 29464.578 | 0.817 | p = 0.255 | Yes | p < 0.001 |
Four-classb | 29499.492 | 29289.913 | 0.844 | p = 0.132 | No | NA |
Five-Classb | 29477.808 | 29217.422 | 0.784 | p = 0.698 | No | NA |
Notes. AIC: Akaike information Criterion, BIC: Bayesian information criterion, aBIC: sample-size adjusted Bayesian information criterion. BLRT: Bootstrapped Ratio Likelihood Test.
a significant result indicates that the solution with the higher number of classes is a better fit
For BLRT testing, attempts were made to increase the LRTSTARTS, default is 20 and 5, successive runs were tried up to 1000 and 400.