Is two-tailed testing for directional research hypotheses tests legitimate?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1261-1266

  Cho, Hyun Chul ^a,c   Abe, Shuzo ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Business Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypothesis testing; One tailed testing; Research hypothesis in existential form; Research hypothesis in non existential form; Statistical hypothesis; Two tailed testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878138012     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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