nondirectional
/ˌnɑndɪˈrɛkʃənəl/
adjective
- Not having a specific direction; operating or receiving signals equally from all directions.
- A nondirectional microphone picks up sound from every corner of the room.
- For a simple alarm system, a nondirectional motion sensor works well because it covers a wide area.
- The radio station uses a nondirectional antenna to broadcast to listeners all around the city.
- In statistics, describing a hypothesis that does not predict the direction of an effect (e.g., that two groups will differ, but not which will be higher).
- A nondirectional test is appropriate when you have no reason to expect one group to outperform the other.
- The researcher proposed a nondirectional hypothesis, simply stating that the two teaching methods would produce different results.
- They used a nondirectional alternative hypothesis because previous studies showed conflicting outcomes.
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