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ECONOMICS|economic analysis|statistics
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one-tailed test | one-sided test | single tail test | single-tailed test | One-tailed statistical analyses | one-tail test | one-tailed test of significance
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Definition hypothesis testing where the critical area of a distribution is one-sided so that it is either greater than or less than a certain value, but not both Reference "COM-Terminology Coordination, based on:- Nipissing University. 'Statistics for Beginners. One-tailed or two-tailed tests' (23.10.2023)- Will Kenton. 'One-Tailed Test Explained: Definition and Example' (23.10.2023). Investopedia"
Comment Because the one-tailed test provides more power to detect an effect, you may be tempted to use a one-tailed test whenever you have a hypothesis about the direction of an effect.