The test result rejected the null hypothesis that the two models fit equally well, which indicated that the model with interaction terms provides a better fit.
However, because the P value was only slightly lower than 0.05 (p = .044), if the more restricted alpha level is adopted (even at 0.04), both models fit equally well.
No significant difference emerged between both models (ΔSBSχ [ 8] = 8.07, P = 0.43) and, hence, the more parsimonious constrained model was favored, indicating that the final model fitted equally well for boys and girls.
For instance, multiple regression analysis may also show such properties, once the residuals (distance between observed and expected scores) are considered small enough to assume that the equation which builds the model fits equally well data from different populations (Hambleton, 2005).
This model fits equally as well over two diverse cohorts and over the four year follow-up period.
The metric invariance model (model 1) fitted equally well, given that the ΔSB − χ 2 was non-significant, and the CFI and RMSEA differences did not exceed the reference values.
The growth process was described by a 3-parameter logistic primary model, with the specific growth rates fitted equally well to the Ratkowsky square-root and Cardinal models.
We have shown that in some cases, different models can fit equally well particular types of data while in other cases different models lead to different parameter estimates.
From the field data, we fitted a negative exponential function (which fitted equally well as a logarithmic curve) rather than a linear function because: (a) it was more biologically plausible [41] and (b) the model fit better.
The exponential relaxed-clock model fitted the ITS nrDNA data best whereas the Yule and birth-death models fitted the data equally well.
