International Journal of STEM Education

Table 8 Fit indices for all model specifications

From: Variation in which key motivational and academic resources relate to academic performance disparities across introductory college courses

Course sample	Chemistry	Chemistry	Chemistry	Physics	Physics	Physics	Psychology	Psychology	Psychology	Good Fit Indices (Hu & Bentler, 1999)
SEM specification	Chemistry	Physics	Psychology	Physics	Chemistry	Psychology	Psychology	Chemistry	Physics	Good Fit Indices (Hu & Bentler, 1999)
RMSEA	0.00	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.13	0.13	<.06
90% CI lower bound	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.05	0.04	0.00	0.12	0.12
90% CI upper bound	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.08	0.06	0.03	0.14	0.15
CFI	1.00	0.99	0.98	1.00	0.95	0.95	1.00	0.84	0.76	>0.95
TLI	1.00	0.98	0.94	1.00	0.91	0.89	0.99	0.62	0.44	>0.95

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