one-tailed
adjective
variants
or less commonly one-tail
: 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
Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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“One-tailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-tailed. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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