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Table 2 Latent profile analysis model fit summary

From: Misinformation about COVID-19: evidence for differential latent profiles and a strong association with trust in science

Model

Log Likelihood

AIC

BIC

SABIC

Entropy

Smallest Class %

LMR p-value

LMR meaning

1

− 6682.848

13,385.696

13,430.619

13,398.868

  

–

–

2

− 5908.942

11,849.884

11,921.759

11,870.959

0.987

0.19091

< 0.001

2> 1

3

− 5707.847

11,459.694

11,558.523

11,488.673

0.989

0.09545

< 0.001

3> 2

4

− 5554.458

11,164.915

11,290.698

11,201.797

0.994

0.08182

< 0.001

4> 3

5

− 5442.434

10,952.868

11,105.604

10,997.653

0.980

0.02424

0.139

5< 4

  1. n = 660; The LMR test compares the current model to a model with k −1 profiles
  2. AIC Akaike’s Information Criterion, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion, SABIC Sample-Adjusted BIC, LMR Lo-Mendell Ruben