T-Test (Bootstrapping) Significance of p-Value

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zypriafl
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T-Test (Bootstrapping) Significance of p-Value

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Dear all,

I have a question regarding the interpretation of the Bootstrapping Results: Does a p-Value higher than 0.95, when using a two-sided t-test for a PLS-Model, shows significance for a path or not?

The SmartPLS-Documentation says this is the case for PLS-Multi-Group Analysis: "[…] if the p-value is smaller than 0.05 or larger than 0.95 for a certain difference of group-specific path coefficients"
https://www.smartpls.com/documentation/ ... es/pls-mga

Is this also true for a Bootstrap Analysis for a PLS-Model using just one data group?

Thank you.
jmbecker
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Re: T-Test (Bootstrapping) Significance of p-Value

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No. It applies only to the Multi-Group-Analysis as this uses a special p-value calculation that is not based on a t-value.
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