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                                                   Recommended
             Fit Indices                                            Model Value
                                                     Level of Fit
             Absolute Fit Measures

             x2 (chi-square)                                           358.67
             df (degrees of freedom)                                    130

             Chi-square/df (x2/df)                       < 3           2.759

             GFI (Goodness of Fit Index)                >0.9           0.926

             RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error of           <0.08          0.066
             Approximation)
             Incremental Fit Measures
             AGFI (Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index)      >0.80          0.823

             NFI (Normed Fit Index)                     >0.90          0.919

             CFI (Comparative Fit Index)                >0.90          0.927

              IFI (Incremental Fit Index)               >0.90          0.928

             RFI (Relative Fit Index)                   >0.90          0.905
             Parsimony Fit Measures

             PCFI (Parsimony Comparative of Fit         >0.50          0.788
             Index)
             PNFI (Parsimony Normed Fit Index           >0.50          0.781

                                      Source: AMOS 21.0

        GFI  (Goodness  of  Fit  Index)  and  and RFI = 0.905 > (0.90 recommended
        RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error  of  level).
        Approximation)  values were obtained    The   value   of   PCFI   (Parsimony
        as 0.926  and  0.066,  respectively which   Comparative of Fit Index)  was 0.788
        were also in the recommended level of   and acceptance level is more than 0.50.
        GFI >0.9 and RMSEA <0.08.
                                                Similarly, the value of PNFI (Parsimony
        Among  the  incremental  fit  measures,  Normed Fit Index)  was  0.781  against
        the  values  of  model  for  each  fit  were  the recommended  limit of higher
        AGFI 0.823> (0.80 recommended level),  than 0.50. So, both these values are in
        NFI = 0.919 > (0.90 recommended level),  acceptable range. Thus, the comparison
        CFI = 0.927 > (0.90 recommended level),  of the fit indices for the model with the
        IFI = 0.928 > (0.90 recommended level)  recommended  fit  values  suggests  the

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