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     Skywise   Oct 2 2002, 3:52 pm     show options


      In the past, critics have attempted to discredit positive results in
      paranormal research on grounds of lack of repeatability. But, as
      anyone with a training in statistics knows, even where an influence
      exists, an isolated experiment with an insufficient number of trials
      may not demonstrate a statistically significant effect. Accordingly,
      without a more sophisticated analysis, "failure to reproduce an
      effect" does not demonstrate its absence.