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Table 3 Goodness of fit measures

From: The effect of risk communication on preventive and protective Behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: mediating role of risk perception

Type of measure

Goodness of fit measures

Definitions

Desired range

Model result

Results

Absolute fit indices

X2

Chi Square

> 0.05

0.072

Compliant

GFI

Goodness of Fit Index

> 0.9

0.988

Compliant

AGFI

Adjusted goodness of fit index

> 0.9

0.938

Compliant

RMR

Root Mean square Residual

Near to zero

0.013

Compliant

Comparative fit indices

NNFI

Non-Normed Fit Index

> 0.9

0.989

Compliant

NFI

Normed Fit Index

> 0.9

0.989

Compliant

CFI

Comparative Fit Index

> 0.9

0.981

Compliant

IFI

Incremental Fit Index

> 0.9

0.981

Compliant

Parsimonious fit indices

PRATIO

Parsimony ratio

> 0.5

0.612

Compliant

PNFI

Parsimony Normed Fit Index

> 0.5

0.641

Compliant

RMSEA

Root Mean Square Error of Approximation

< 0.08

0.034

Compliant

Normed X2

Chi Square/ degrees of freedom

2–3

2.373

Compliant