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Table 4 Results of confirmatory factor analysis of the 50-item instrument (Phase-3) (n 500/500)

From: Adaptation and modification of the professional identity formation scale for postgraduate trainees in basic health science: a mixed method study

Fit Indices

Cut-off values

Measured values

Absolute fit measures Observed normed

χ 2/df

 < 5

The smaller, the better

4.707

Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)

0.08 to 0.1 (0.05 is cut off for a good fit model)

0.082

Incremental Fit measures

Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI)

Adjacent to 1 (Higher the better) (0.9 is cut off value)

0.75

Comparative fit index (CFI)

Near to 1

(Higher the better)

(0.9 is cut off value

0.78