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two-tailed test
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two-tailed test 
a test analyzing a nondirectional hypothesis in which the researcher assumes that an extreme score can occur in either extreme of the sampling distribution.

two-tailed test
a test in which both 'large' and 'small' values of the test statistic indicate that the null hypothesis is not correct.


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It should be noted that, since there is an overwhelming support in the literature that outsourcing helps a firm financially, a one-tailed test was used.
The statistical significance uses a one-tailed test for variables with a predicted sign and a two-tailed test for variables without a predicted sign.
2] N Note: We use a two-tailed test for Political Interest, one-tailed tests otherwise.
 
 
 
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