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From: karl@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.psi
Subject: Re: An experiment you can participate in
Message-ID: <413@haddock.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 19:27:06 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 27 19:27:06 1987
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References: <1153@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
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Summary: make it double-blind if possible

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In article <1153@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> brand@lll-crg writes:
>At a pre-announced time, I will go to an unspecified spot for several hours.
>after returning from the spot, I will post a list of candidates places;
>the actual place and seven decoys.

It would be better if you would *first* draw up the list of candidates, then
select one at random (don't just pick one -- use an eight-sided die) for the
target.  Otherwise you might give unconcious clues in the descriptions.

>People who are participating will then choose from the list of eight places
>and send their SINGLE choice..., and I will tabulate the results.

Don't do the tabulation yourself -- recruit someone who doesn't know what the
"right" answer is.  For some reason the results of such experiments tend to be
biased according to the beliefs of the tabulator.  (Don't take it personally;
it affects both pro- and con-psi experimenters, and is usually accidental.)

Karl W. Z. Heuer (haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Levitating Lint