HYPOTHESIS A hypothesis is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation. Outside of science, theory or guess can also be called a hypothesis. A hypothesis is something more than a wild guess but less than a well-established theory. . . . Types 1)one-tailed 2)Two-tailed . . One-tailed test alludes to the significance test in which the region of rejection appears on one end of the sampling distribution. It represents that the estimated test parameter is greater or less than the critical value. When the sample tested falls in the region of rejection, i.e. either left or right side, as the case may be, it leads to the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis rather than the null hypothesis. .. . . examples...