Table 2 Model fit comparisons for Factor Analysis (FA), Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and Factor Mixture Models (FMM) (N=502)
Model | BIC | Entropy |
|---|---|---|
FA | ||
 One-factor | 16,695.74 | .. |
 Two-factor | 16,530.62 | .. |
 Four-factor | 16,483.77 | .. |
LCA | ||
 One-class | 18,384.08 | .. |
 Two-class | 17,004.65 | 0.90 |
 Three-class | 16,679.33 | 0.85 |
 Four-class | 16,579.73 | 0.89 |
 Five-class | 16,503.81 | 0.87 |
 Six-class | 16,430.33 | 0.89 |
 Seven-class | 16,414.44 | 0.89 |
 Eight-class | 16,402.64 | 0.90 |
 Nine-class | 16,404.63 | 0.91 |
FMM | ||
 FMM-1 | ||
  Two-class, one-factor | 17,004.65 | 0.90 |
  Three-class, one-factor | 16,713.23 | 0.83 |
  Four-class, one-factor | 16,664.62 | 0.79 |
  Five-class, one-factor | 16,657.17 | 0.72 |
  Six-class, one-factor | 16,669.61 | 0.75 |
  Two-class, two-factor | 17,004.65 | 0.90 |
  Three-class, two-factor | 16,662.28 | 0.84 |
  Four-class, two-factor | 16,546.03 | 0.83 |
  Five-class, two-factor | 16,564.68 | 0.86 |
  Two-class, four-factor | 17,004.65 | 0.90 |
  Three-class, four-factor | 16,666.47 | 0.84 |
  Four-class, four-factor | 16,560.03 | 0.84 |
  Five-class, four-factor | 16,591.12 | 0.86 |
FMM-2 | ||
 Two-class, one-factor | 16,654.61 | 0.45 |
 Three-class, one-factor | 16,652.90 | 0.57 |
 Four-class, one-factor | 16,662.92 | 0.62 |
 Two-class, two-factor | 16,418.07 | 0.58 |
 Three-class, two-factor | 16,442.95 | 0.74 |
 Four-class, two-factor | 16,441.68 | 0.80 |
 Two-class, four-factor | 16,220.86 | 0.84 |
FMM-3 | ||
 Two-class, one-factor | 16,465.48 | 0.97 |
 Three-class, one-factor | 16,386.16 | 0.84 |
 Four-class, one-factor | 16,300.85 | 0.94 |
 Five-class, one-factor | 16,275.43 | 0.89 |
 Six-class, one-factor | 16,243.71 | 0.90 |
 Two-class, two-factor | 16,284.33 | 0.97 |
 Three-class, two-factor | 16,265.63 | 0.92 |
 Four-class, two-factor | 16,176.50 | 0.96 |
 Five-class, two-factor | 16,184.15 | 0.89 |
 Two-class, four-factor | 16,222.05 | 0.85 |