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goodness of fit

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goodness of fit [¦gu̇d·nəs əv ′fit]
(statistics)
The degree to which the observed frequencies of occurrence of events in an experiment correspond to the probabilities in a model of the experiment. Also known as best fit.


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In order to compare men's and women's screening behaviours, we collapsed the responses to these two questions and conducted a chi-square goodness of fit test.
Several measures were used to assess the model fit: the Chi-square goodness of fit, the ratio of the Chi-square goodness of fit to the degrees of freedom, the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), the normed fit index (NFI), and the expected cross-validation index (ECVI).
The goodness of fit of the models were assessed as recommended by Hosmer and Lemeshow (1989).
 
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