Table 8 Result of structure model examination.

From: Exploring factors influencing pre-service teacher’s digital teaching competence and the mediating effects of data literacy: empirical evidence from China

Hypotheses

Paths

Path coefficients (β)

t-values

Remarks

H1

TA → DL

0.353*

2.466

Supported

H2

TA → TO

0.353**

2.748

Supported

H3

TA → TE

0.505 ***

5.505

Supported

H4

TA → DTC

0.189*

2.173

Supported

H5

TO → DL

0.351**

3.030

Supported

H6

TO → DTC

0.065NS

0.904

Unsupported

H7

TE → DL

0.270**

2.987

Supported

H8

TE → DTC

0.177**

2.598

Supported

H9

DL → DTC

0.578***

6.804

Supported

  1. TA technology attitudes, TO technology operations, TE technology ethics, DL data literacy, DTC digital teaching competence.
  2. NSp > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.