Hello, I am not sure how to interpret the goodness of fit indices of CALIS / RAM option. If I am not totally wrong the results opf these indices indicate an acceptable fit according to some range, e.g.GFI, AGFI. However, the Probability of Close Fit troubles me. THIS results seems to state that there is NO significant close fit. Could someone have an eye on these indices?! Thank you in advance, Petra

/*******************************************************************************/ /* Results: */ /* Model1 Model2 */ /* Fit Criterion 1.8270 1.9881 */ /* GFI 0.7266 0.7187 */ /* AGFI 0.3849 0.4727 */ /* Chi2-Test (Pr>Chi-Square) <.0001 <.0001 */ /* Probability of Close Fit 0.0000 0.0000 */ /* Bollen's (1988) Delta2 0.6685 0.6448 */ /* Hoelter's (1983) Critical N 19 20 */ /* */ /*******************************************************************************/

.......the code...... title 'PROC CALIS path analysis' ; /* 1 EDU */ /* 2 GDS */ /* 3 SE-SIT */ /* 4 SE-THT */ /* 5 RMB */ /* 6 mos_ew */ /* 7 mos_gh */ /* 8 mos_ef */ /* 9 mos_pf */ proc calis data = SASUSER.PATH cov stderr method=ml outram = PATHRAM ; var EDU GDS se_sitm se_thm rmbpcl_m mos_ew mos_gh mos_ef mos_pf ; RAM 1 2 1 X1, /* GDS <- EDU */ 1 3 1 X2, /* SE-SIT <- EDU */ 1 4 1 X3, /* SE-THT <- EDU */ 1 5 1 X4, /* RMB <- EDU */ 1 6 2 X5, /* MOS_EW <- GDS */ 1 7 2 X6, /* MOS_GH <- GDS */ 1 8 2 X7, /* MOS_EF <- GDS */ 1 9 2 X8, /* MOS_PF <- GDS */ 1 2 3 X9, /* GDS <- SE-SIT */ 1 5 3 X10, /* RMB <- SE-SIT */ 1 2 4 X11, /* GDS <- SE-THT */ 1 5 4 X12, /* RMB <- SE-THT */ 1 6 5 X13, /* mos_ew <- RMB */ 1 7 5 X14, /* mos_gh <- RMB */ 1 8 5 X15, /* mos_ef <- RMB */ 1 9 5 X16, /* mos_pf <- RMB */ 2 1 1 A1, /* error term EDU */ 2 2 2 B1, /* error term GDS */ 2 3 3 B2, /* error term SE-SIT */ 2 4 4 C1, /* error term SE-THT */ 2 5 5 C2, /* error term RMB */ 2 6 6 D1, /* error term mos_ew */ 2 7 7 D2, /* error term mos_gh */ 2 8 8 D3, /* error term mos_ef */ 2 9 9 D4; /* error term mos_pf */ run;