How to find f test and t test p values?

Regression requires two types of tests: f and t tests.

To find the p values for the f test you need to consult the f table. Use the degrees of freedom given in the ANOVA table (provided as part of the SPSS regression output).

To find the p values for the t test you need to use the Df2 i.e. df denominator. Df denominator is specified in the ANOVA table output as mentioned above.

 Note: SPSS reports one tail F test values (f test is always an upper tail test!), and it reports two tail p values for T tests. In case of simple linear regression – you will always find that both one tail F test p value and two tail T test p value are the same!

Alternatively, you can compute the degrees of freedom as mentioned here:

Df numerator = number of x variables in the model

Df denominator = sample size – number of x variables – 1 

Df total = sample size – 1

Note df1 is also called df numerator, and df2 is also called df denominator

 

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