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Table 4 Tests for model specification

From: Influences of health facility type for delivery and experience of cesarean section on maternal and newborn postnatal care between birth and facility discharge in Malawi

 

Test results

Indication of good model fit

Diagonally-weighted least squares chi-square test

 Test statistic

15.312

 

 Degrees of freedom

17

P - value > 0.05

P - value

0.573

Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI)

1.000

TLI = 1 is ideal; TLI > 0.95 is acceptable

Incremental Fit Index (IFI)

1.000

IFI = 1 is ideal; IFI > 0.95 is acceptable

Relative Noncentrality Index (RNI)

1.000

RNI = 1 is ideal; RNI > 0.95 is acceptable

Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA)

0.000

RMSEA = 0 is ideal; RMSEA < 0.06 is acceptable

BIC test

− 144.301

BIC < 0