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This is still anecdotal. You would need hundreds of people, also, the very fact that you are expecting calls pollutes that experiment already...
by michaelvoz 10y ago
This is still anecdotal. You would need hundreds of people, also, the very fact that you are expecting calls pollutes that experiment already...
- monocasa 10y agoA large sample size of people isn't necessary to verify the ability. Case in point, the woman who can smell Parkinson's disease, to some ridunculous p-value. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-woman-s-ability-to-sniff-out-parkinson-s-offers-hope-to-sufferers/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-woman-s-abilit...
- pessimizer 10y agoIt's not anecdotal if it's consistently repeatable. You would only need hundreds of people if you were trying to prove that everyone could do it.
- Iv 10y agoYou can measure the probability of achieving the result at random and determine the statistical significance of your experiment. Being able to successfully anticipate a call within 10 seconds in a 2 hours interval yields a p < 0.01 Some effects published in medical journals have a less convincing p-value.
- curried_haskell 10y agoAnd ensure that he records all the false positives