[Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology]: Comment: Parapsychology--On the Margins of Science?
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Replication and Meta-Analysis in Parapsychology
Parapsychology, the laboratory study of psychic phenomena, has had its history interwoven with that of statistics. Many of the controversies in parapsychology have focused on statistical issues, and statistical models have played an integral role in the experimental work. Recently, parapsychologists have been using meta-analysis as a tool for synthesizing large bodies of work. This paper presen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Statistical Science
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0883-4237
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1177011581