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Usage:mxCompare(base, comparison, digits = 3)
base: An MxModel object or list of MxModel objects.
comparison: A MxModel object or list of MxModel objects.
digits: A numeric setting table decimal precision.

Comparing two or more models

This function is provided to allow the user to compare the fit of one or more models to a base model.

The output is a table with one row per model comparison as follows:

base comparison ep minus2LL df AIC diffLL diffdf
Name of the base model Name of the comparison model Estimated parameters of the comparison model Minus 2*log-likelihood of the comparison model Degrees in freedom of the comparison model Akaike's Information Criterion for the comparison model Change in minus 2*log-likelihood Change in degrees of freedom|Significance level of the change in fitness function