Below are some of my notes on the key cutoff values for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). They are based on this PDF by Professor Lesa Hoffman .

  • Smaller chi square, and larger $p$-value are better (we don’t want the p-value to be smaller than .05)

  • SRMR (smaller is better; <.08 -> good fit)

  • RMSEA, smaller is better. …