A Meta-Analysis With Nothing to Hide: Reply to Hyman (2010)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-494

  Storm, Lance ^a   Tressoldi, Patrizio E ^b   Di Risio, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ESP; Free response; Ganzfeld; Meta analysis; Psi

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77954147120     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019840     Document Type: Note

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