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a. null hypothesis 1. Use of only one tail of the sampling distribution

b. Alternative Hypothesis 2. Specifics a particular direction of values for the parameters

c. significance level/ - alpha3. Hypothesis that is tested

d. directional hypothesis 4.Does not specify a particular direction of values for theparameters

e. non directional hypothesis 5.Probability of type 1 error (1-cc)

f. one-tailed test 6.Hypothesis that expresses the researcher's belief

g. critical value 7.A value that cuts off - alpha in the tail(s) of a theoretical reference distribution

8. Uses two tails of the sampling distribution