A statistical artifact in William Braud's (1990) experiment on remote mental influence of hemolysis.(Report)

The Journal of Parapsychology | March 22, 2007| | Copyright

In preparing to conduct a conceptual replication of a generally well-designed experiment by William Braud (1990) that apparently demonstrated remote mental influence on the hemolysis of red blood cells, I studied the report in some detail. This examination uncovered a previously undetected statistical artifact. Our replication is reported elsewhere (Palmer, Simmonds, & Baumann, 2006).

Braud (1990) tested 32 volunteers in his study. Fourteen of the participants (Ps) donated their own blood to be used in the experiment, whereas the remaining 18 attempted to influence ...


        
    


                
                

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