Table 3

Altman’s Z”-score model descriptive statistics

PredictorX1X2X3X4
CompanyNon-B.BankruptNon-B.BankruptNon-B.BankruptNon-B.Bankrupt
Median0.263−0.0510.214−0.1090.045−0.0460.8350.042
Mean0.257**−0.241**0.207**−0.446**0.061**−0.164**2.288**0.036
 (0.004)(0.045)(0.005)(0.066)(0.001)(0.023)(0.153)(0.027)
F-test0.0000.0000.0000.000
t-test0.0000.0000.0000.000

Note(s): Non-B. means non-bankrupt companies. Bankrupt means bankrupt companies. X1 = Working Capital/Total Assets; X2 = Retained Earnings/Total Assets; X3 = Operating Income/Total Assets; X4 = Book Value of Equity/Total Liabilities. Standard errors in parentheses. ** represents statistical significance at the 1% level, indicating whether the means differ significantly from zero. The F-test is the p-value of the equality of variances test, used to determine which t-test should be used. The t-test is the p-value of the two-tailed equality test of the means with unequal variance, applied to test whether the Non-Bankrupt and Bankrupt samples have different means

Source(s): Authors’ own elaboration

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