I was reading an odd problem stated by @kellyjo86; so what exactly IS a level of significance, and what are left-tailed, right-tailed, and two-tailed tests?

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anonymous · Answer

its a statistics problem.  if youre not familiar with it, it probably wont make a lot of sense

anonymous · Answer

What should I learn in order to understand it?

anonymous · Answer

statistics.  haha, it involves a whole chapter in my book im trying to translate right now.  thanks though for trying to help me!

anonymous · Answer

im just going to go with two tailed and thats my final answer!

anonymous · Answer

Help, eh? Yeah, that was WAY over my head. Looked interesting though. I think Imma go and research some statistics then. I have no experience in that field.

anonymous · Answer

its NEATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT, or its hard.  layers. layers of math.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, I'll take your word for it.

anonymous · Answer

Out of curiousity, what is the curriculum you use? Is it college-level stuff? Because I'm just in advanced math right now.

anonymous · Answer

I think I found a great source for this field. Looks like I know enough currently in math to understand it, too. Thankee for yer help! ^_^