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The choice of one-tailed or two-tailed tests follows the logic of the hypothesis that is being tested! The one-tailed test, if appropriate, will be more powerful.
When the alternative hypothesis is non-directional, we use a two-tailed test. Example: H0: mean = 50 Ha : mean not equal to 50 Here is a directional hypothesis that would use a one-tailed test. H0: mean = 40 Ha : mean > 40 or H0: mean = 40 Ha: mean < 40
You can conclude that there is not enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Or that your model was incorrectly specified. Consider the exact equation y = x2. A regression of y against x (for -a < x < a) will give a regression coefficient of 0. Not because there is no relationship between y and x but because the relationship is not linear: the model is wrong! Do a regression of y against x2 and you will get a perfect regression!
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They are used to test hypothesis such as the mean is some value where you do not know if otherwise the mean is less or more.
A one tailed test allows you to test a one-sided hypothesis.
The choice of one-tailed or two-tailed tests follows the logic of the hypothesis that is being tested! The one-tailed test, if appropriate, will be more powerful.
When the alternative hypothesis is non-directional, we use a two-tailed test. Example: H0: mean = 50 Ha : mean not equal to 50 Here is a directional hypothesis that would use a one-tailed test. H0: mean = 40 Ha : mean > 40 or H0: mean = 40 Ha: mean < 40
Yes. You could carry out a regression of beetle numbers against day and test the null hypothesis that the regression coefficient was 0 against the alternative that is was different from 0. If this two-tailed test leads you to reject the null hypothesis then it is likely that the number of beetles is significantly different from the previous day.
You can conclude that there is not enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis. Or that your model was incorrectly specified. Consider the exact equation y = x2. A regression of y against x (for -a < x < a) will give a regression coefficient of 0. Not because there is no relationship between y and x but because the relationship is not linear: the model is wrong! Do a regression of y against x2 and you will get a perfect regression!
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They are used to test hypothesis such as the mean is some value where you do not know if otherwise the mean is less or more.
A multiple-choice test gives the test-taker multiple choices for answers to a question.
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In general, it is not. A one-tailed test is more powerful but it does require the alternative hypothesis to be one sided and, in therefore requires some expectation about the observations if the null hypothesis is not true.The question, therefore, is appropriate only when the experimenter has extremely limited information about the experiment - not a very common occurrence.In general, it is not. A one-tailed test is more powerful but it does require the alternative hypothesis to be one sided and, in therefore requires some expectation about the observations if the null hypothesis is not true.The question, therefore, is appropriate only when the experimenter has extremely limited information about the experiment - not a very common occurrence.In general, it is not. A one-tailed test is more powerful but it does require the alternative hypothesis to be one sided and, in therefore requires some expectation about the observations if the null hypothesis is not true.The question, therefore, is appropriate only when the experimenter has extremely limited information about the experiment - not a very common occurrence.In general, it is not. A one-tailed test is more powerful but it does require the alternative hypothesis to be one sided and, in therefore requires some expectation about the observations if the null hypothesis is not true.The question, therefore, is appropriate only when the experimenter has extremely limited information about the experiment - not a very common occurrence.
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