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Publication Information
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Rules for Meta-analysis Coding
General:
.
.
3.
Use one Publication Information sheel for each publication.
Use as few Experiment Information sheets as necessary.
A Unit
is the smallest level at which the most basic hypothesis
(usually psi versus no psi) was tested.
Results for a hypothesis that cannot be reconstructed from the basic units should be coded as a separate
“experiment".
The Type should be listed as O:
correlation
.
For an experiment,
staple together
all Unit Information sheets with the Experiment Information sheet on
top.
Clip together
all experiment packets from the same publication.
Number
all of the sheets consecu-
tively within a publication.
Circle
(or slash)
the appropriate choice,
Use
[
] around data
to indicate a coder guess or calculation.
If Other (O:) then specify.
Use publication dale
if Experiment dale
is unknown.
Generally, independent variables are those manipulated by the experimenter.
However,
this space can
also be used for variables that differ unintentionally within an experiment.
See Rule #4 under “Unit
In-
formation".
Example: LANL experiment
is coded as follows: Experiment Type:
RV-Lab:
Pirns ip al -Hypoth esi s;
CNS responds
to remote,
external stimuli;
Independent .Variable-;
Timing of remote stimuli.
Targeting Method: Prompting means a sound or gesture
(e.g., Gina’s bell).
Shielding
is for viewer,
target,
or both.
Most feedback
is actually multi-mode.
Code the primary mode.
Visual Feedback:
Photograph
(e.g.,
National Geographic Magazine).
Audio Feedback:
Just a sound
(e.g.,
Bell from the teaching ma-
chine).
Verbal Feedback: Verbal debrief (e.g., You did well.
The target was
...).
Sile Feedback:
Physical
visit
to the target
site
(e.g., Outbound experiment).
Rank R = number of choices for ranking, including target and
all decoys.
Analysis scale, n = maximum,
(e.g., 0 -> 4, n * 4).
Judgment means a qualitative estimate
(e.g., by-gosh-by-golly);
1 = complete miss,
Statistic means z-score or F ratio,
etc.
complete
hit.
Unit Name
is “Session”
for a single RV session,
but “Trial” for a single forced choice.
In forced choice
experiments,
there are usually several
trials in a single session.
Unit I.D.
is blank most of the time.
Use Ops tag when appropriate.
Viewer I.D.
is according to our most current
list.
Therefore,
if a known viewer was listed under an
old
I.D., note the person's name so the current I.D. can be entered in the data base.
Parameters that differ should be
filled in only for those cases where “differs” was circled on the Experi-
ment Sheet.
If the variable was intentionally manipulated,
circle Y.
P-value should be entered as -1
if
it
is unknown,
to avoid confusion with the default missing value code
of 0, which could be a legitimate P-value.
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Experiment Information
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n
Sub-experiment or Condition? Q q
Experiment Parameters
Page:
Coder
I.D:
Date:
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I.D:
Type
Date
Pages Within Document
Principal Investigator
Number of Subjects
Principal Hypothesis
Independent Variable(s)
|
not included below;
list
categories or describe
in space provided.
Experiment Task
Known Target Parameters
Target Name
Targeting Method
Type
Distance
(km)
Location
When Selected
Shielding Type
RV-Lab
RV-Ops
Forced-Choice
Screening
Training
Search
O:
Beacon
Abstract
Coordinates
Prompting
Self
Unknown
Differs*
O:
Ops
Real Site
Photograph
Alpha/Numeric
Person
O bjects
Differs*
O:
<
I
<50
< 5000
> 5000
Unknown
Differs*
O;
Inside
Outside
Both
Differs*
O:
Retrocognition
Real Time
Precognition
Differs*
O:
Unknown
E&M Cage/Room
Water
SCIF
Differs*
O:
Feedback
Type
When
Data
None
Visual
Audio
Verbal
Intermediate
Site
Unknown
Differs*
O:
Immediate
<5 min
<1
hr
<1 day
>1 day
Unknown
Differs*
O;
Basic Analysis
|
Data
How
Blind
Post Hoc
ft of choices
Depndt.
Variable
Rating
Rank R
Fuzzy Bit
Discr.
Bit
Concept
Hits
Scale
n
Judgment
Match O:
Method
Scott’s //rows
FM
Sum-of-Ranks
Statistic
O:
By Whom
SRI
Client
O;
Purpose
RV
PK
Utility
Demonstration
O:
When “Differs”
is circled,
information must be entered
at the unit
level.
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