A Random Number Generator Experiment: The Origin of Decision Augmentation Theory.
In 1979, the research team at SRI International conducted a single random number generator (RNG) experiment. The goal was to replicate and extend the findings from a substantial literature in several ways. Sequential analysis was used to provide a two-fold increase in statistical sensitivity; two fu...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 75 - 108 |
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Rhine Research Center
Spring2021
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