A one-tailed test allocates the entire significance level to its designated tail. Unlike a two-tailed test which splits into for each tail, a one-tailed test places all of in either the left or the right tail, depending on the direction specified by the alternative hypothesis.
Conditions: The test is one-tailed.; The significance level is .; The direction is specified by the alternative hypothesis ( or ).
A one-tailed test allocates the entire significance level to its designated tail. Unlike a two-tailed test which splits into for each tail, a one-tailed test places all of in either the left or the right tail, depending on the direction specified by the alternative hypothesis.
Conditions: The test is one-tailed.; The significance level is .; The direction is specified by the alternative hypothesis ( or ).