Research Article

A Framework for Valuation and Portfolio Optimization of Venture Capital Deals with Contractual Terms

Table 13

Paired t-test results to compare DPTMOHS and NSGA-II.

IndicatorTest resultsInterpretation

Paired T for MID − MID_1
NMeanStDevSE mean

MIDMID300.46640.09520.0174Null hypothesis is rejected
MID_1300.35280.09770.0178
Difference300.11350.10820.0197
95% CI for mean difference: (0.0731, 0.1539)
T-test of mean difference = 0 (vs. ≠ 0): T-value = 5.75 P-value = 0.00

Paired T for SDS − SDS_1
NMeanStDevSE mean

SDSSDS300.09410.05680.0104Null hypothesis is not rejected
SDS_1300.08350.05220.0095
Difference300.01060.07820.0143
95% CI for mean difference: (−1.0186, 0.0398)
T-test of mean difference = 0 (vs. ≠ 0): T-value = 0.74 P-value = 0.463

Paired T for RAS − RAS_1
NMeanStDevSE mean

RASRAS300.75580.25200.0460Null hypothesis is rejected
RAS_1300.47170.17970.0325
Difference300.11350.10820.0197
95% CI for mean difference: (0.1724, 0.3958)
T-test of mean difference = 0 (vs. ≠ 0): T-value = 5.2 P-value = 0.00