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two-tailed test
two-tailed test A two-tailed test is a significance test that looks at outcomes in both directions from the value expected under the null hypothesis.
A two-tailed test is a significance test that looks at outcomes in both directions from the value expected under the null hypothesis. It asks how likely it is to obtain a result at least as far from that value as the observed one, whether the statistic is higher or lower.