Home›Open Questions›Is the small positive effect reported in the 2015 meta-analysis of ninety retroactive-influence experiments explicable entirely by publication bias and analytic flexibility?Open QuestionsIs the small positive effect reported in the 2015 meta-analysis of ninety retroactive-influence experiments explicable entirely by publication bias and analytic flexibility?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Is the small positive effect reported in the 2015 meta-analysis of ninety retroactive-influence experiments explicable entirely by publication bias and analytic flexibility?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/is-the-small-positive-effect-reported-in-the-2015-meta-analysis-of-ninety-retroactive-influence-experiments-explicable-entirely-by-publication-bias-and-analytic-flexibility.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Is the small positive effect reported in the 2015 meta-analysis of ninety retroactive-influence experiments explicable entirely by publication bias and analytic flexibility?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/is-the-small-positive-effect-reported-in-the-2015-meta-analysis-of-ninety-retroactive-influence-experiments-explicable-entirely-by-publication-bias-and-analytic-flexibilityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-is-the-small-positive-effect-reported-in, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Is the small positive effect reported in the 2015 meta-analysis of ninety retroactive-influence experiments explicable entirely by publication bias and analytic flexibility?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/is-the-small-positive-effect-reported-in-the-2015-meta-analysis-of-ninety-retroactive-influence-experiments-explicable-entirely-by-publication-bias-and-analytic-flexibility}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesEssays About This Entity (2 essays)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionBem, Tressoldi, Rabeyron and Duggan report a small overall effect across ninety experiments and argue that bias-correction methods do not remove it. Critics answer that the correction methods available cannot distinguish a genuine small effect from a literature filtered by what got written up, particularly where many of the constituent studies were not pre-registered. The dispute is about the adequacy of the statistical tools, and it is live in the wider methodology literature and not only in parapsychology.What would resolve this A registered-report replication series of adequate power, with the analysis plan lodged in advance and a commitment to publish, run by laboratories on both sides.OpenMeta-analytic methodology; statistics; experimental psychologyDaryl J. Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron and Michael Duggan, Feeling the Future: A Meta-Analysis of 90 Experiments on the Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future EventsCross-Tradition ConnectionsDiscipline NeededExperimental Psychology, Scholarly Disciplines Well-attested Source Feeling the Future: A Meta-Analysis of 90 Experiments on the Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future EventsDaryl J. Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron and Michael Duggantier 1Meta-Analytic Methodology, Scholarly Disciplines Well-attested Source Feeling the Future: A Meta-Analysis of 90 Experiments on the Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future EventsDaryl J. Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron and Michael Duggantier 1Statistics, Scholarly Disciplines Well-attested Source Feeling the Future: A Meta-Analysis of 90 Experiments on the Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future EventsDaryl J. Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron and Michael Duggantier 1Question OnFeeling the Future, Studies Well-attested Source Feeling the Future: A Meta-Analysis of 90 Experiments on the Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future EventsDaryl J. Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron and Michael Duggantier 1SourcesFeeling the Future: A Meta-Analysis of 90 Experiments on the Anomalous Anticipation of Random Future Eventstier 1Daryl J. Bem, Patrizio Tressoldi, Thomas Rabeyron and Michael Duggan, F1000Research, 2015Essays About This Entity (2 essays)Four Open Questions Point to Statistics, and All Four Are Missing the Same ThingThe open question itself, confirmed publicFour Experiments Were Each Meant to Settle Something. None of Them DidThe open question itself, confirmed publicComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year