Abstract

On the basis of experimentation with random numbers by other research workers, the author carried out an experiment on this project (random numbers) using 50 participants, none of whom was informed of the object of the experiment, using sheets cut from a book of random numbers, and with two record sheets sent to each participant. Scoring and summary required about one hour of time for each participant, and in all, 98,000 trials were recorded. Results showed slight decline effect, and chance results, statistically significant, similar to those of psychical results. The results were in agreement with accepted theories of probability, and show no tendency to follow scoring patterns which arise in successful ESP experiments, other than the slight decline effect.