The analysis of a nondirectional hypothesis is called a
A) one-tailed test of significance.
B) two-tailed test of significance.
C) three-tailed test of significance.
D) no-tailed test of significance.

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With nondirectional hypotheses,researchers assume that an extreme score can occur in either tail of the normal curve.The analysis of a nondirectional hypothesis is called a two-tailed test of significance.In a one-tailed test of significance,the hypothesis is directional,and extreme statistical values that occur in a single tail of the curve are of interest.The other two options are incorrect.

The Analysis of a Nondirectional Hypothesis Is Called a