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. 2021 Jul 6;12:4038. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24245-y

Table 3.

Fit statistics for the age-based and cohort-based trajectory models for each climate change belief.

Fit statistics
Belief Model χ2 df P value Δχ2 Δdf CFI ΔCFI RMSEA ΔRMSEA SRMR ΔSRMR AIC Sample-size adjusted BIC
Climate change reality Age-based trajectory (constrained) 19,744.90 773 <0.001 — — 0.749 — 0.072 — 0.175 — 481,353.93 481,394.29
Cohort-based trajectory (constrained slopes) 11,911.51 762 <0.001 7833.39 11 0.853 −0.104 0.056 0.016 0.126 0.049 473,542.54 473,646.31
Cohort-based trajectory (unconstrained) 11,707.13 740 <0.001 204.38 22 0.855 −0.002 0.056 0.000 0.131 −0.005 473,382.16 473,612.77
Climate change caused by humans Age-based trajectory (constrained) 17,275.69 773 <0.001 — — 0.808 — 0.067 — 0.126 — 502,352.96 502,393.31
Cohort-based trajectory (constrained slopes) 8284.12 762 <0.001 8991.57 11 0.913 −0.105 0.046 0.021 0.078 0.048 493,383.39 493,487.13
Cohort-based trajectory (unconstrained) 8095.93 740 <0.001 188.19 22 0.914 −0.001 0.046 0.000 0.081 −0.003 493,239.20 493,469.73

χ2 chi-square, df degrees of freedom, CFI Comparative Fit Index, RMSEA root mean square error of approximation, SRMR standardized root mean square residual, AIC Akaike Information Criterion, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion.