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Table 5 Global goodness-of-fit indexes

From: Patient preference for involvement, experienced involvement, decisional conflict, and satisfaction with physician: a structural equation model test

 

Χ2

df

p

Χ2/d.f.

RMSEA

TLI

CFI

Recommendation for good fit

   

<2.0

< 0.05

0.95

0.95

Recommendation for acceptable fit

   

<5.0

<0.08

0.90

0.90

Model development

       

Step 1

5,594.09

1,346

<.001

4.156

0.057

0.860

0.878

  Full path model

Step 2

5,686.63

1,386

<.001

4.103

0.056

0.862

0.876

  Correlations <0.1 removed

Step 3

5,691.09

1,387

<.001

4.103

0.056

0.862

0.876

  Correlations <0.1 removed

Step 4

5,746.15

1,414

<.001

4.064

0.056

0.864

0.875

  Causal associations <0.1 removed

Step 5

5,749.91

1,415

<.001

4.064

0.056

0.864

0.875

  Causal associations <0.1 removed

Final model

5,271.38

1,066

<.001

4.945

0.063

0.863

0.876

  Redundant variables removed

Confirmatory testing

       

Final model

5,064.57

1,066

<.001

4.751

0.064

0.860

0.873

  1. Df degrees of freedom, RMSEA Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, TLI Tucker-Lewis Index, NFI Normed Fit Index; recommendations are based on: [20, 23, 24, 27, 28].