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one–tailed

adjective \ˈwən-ˈtāl(d)\

Definition of ONE-TAILED

:  being a statistical test for which the critical region consists of all values of the test statistic greater than a given value or less than a given value but not both — compare two-tailed

Variants of ONE-TAILED

one–tailed also one–tail \-ˈtāl\
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First Known Use of ONE-TAILED

1947

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