Professor of Statistics University of California, Davis
Collaborated with Professor Ray Hyman (University of Oregon) to prepare a
report assessing the statistical evidence for psychic functioning in U.S.
government sponsored research. The report was part of a review done by the
American Institutes of Research (AIR) at the request of Congress and the CIA.
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Selected Publications:
Utts, J. M. (1986).The Ganzfeld debate: a statistician's perspective .
Journal of Parapsychology, 50:393-402.
G. P. Hansen and J. Utts. (1987). Use of both sum of ranks and direct hits in
free-response psi experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 51:321-335.
Utts, J. (1987). Psi, statistics, and society. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
10:615-616.
Palmer, J. A., C. Honorton and J. Utts. (1988). Reply to the National
Research Council study on parapsychology, Journal of the American Society for
Psychical Research, 83(1):31-49.
Utts, J. (1988). Successful replication versus statistical significance.
Journal of Parapsychology, 52(4):305-320.
Radin, D. and J. Utts. (1989). Experiments investigating the influence of
intention on random and pseudorandom events. Journal of Scientific Exploration,
3(1):65-79.
Utts, J. (1989). Randomness and randomization tests: A reply to Gilmore.
Journal of Parapsychology , 53(4):345-351.
May, E. C., J. M. Utts, B. S. Humphrey, W. Luke, T.J. Frivold, and V. V.
Trask. (1990). Advances in Remote Viewing, Journal of Parapsychology, 54(3),
193-228.
Utts, J. M. (1991). Replication and meta-analysis in parapsychology (with
discussion). Statistical Science , 6(4), 363-403.
Hansen G. P., J. M. Utts, and B. Markwick. (1992). Critique of the PEAR
remote viewing experiments. Journal of Parapsychology, 56(2), 97-113.
Utts, J. (1993). Analyzing free-response data--a progress report. In PSI
Research Methodology--A Reexamination, ed. L. Coly and J. D. S. McMahon,
Parapsychology Foundation, New York, 71-83.
Utts, J. (1993). Honorton the Meta-Analyst. Journal of Parapsychology, 57(1),
89-100.
Krippner, S., W. Braud, I. L. Child, J. Palmer, K. R. Rao, M. Schlitz, R. A.
White and J. M. Utts. (1993). Demonstration research and meta-analysis in
parapsychology. Journal of Parapsychology, 57(3), 275-286.
Utts, J. (1994). Social, Institutional, and Cultural Influences of Gender on
Science. In Women and Parapsychology, ed. L. Coly and R. A. White,
Parapsychology Foundation, New York, 28-44.
May, E. C., J. M. Utts and S. J. P Spottiswoode. (1995). Decision
augmentation theory: Toward a model of anomalous mental phenomena. Journal of
Parapsychology, 59(3), 195-220.
May, E. C., J. M. Utts, S. J. P. Spottiswoode and C. J. James. (1995).
Applications of decision augmentation theory. Journal of Parapsychology, 59(3),
221-250.
May, E. C., J. M. Utts and S. J. P. Spottiswoode. (1995). Decision
Augmentation Theory: Applications to the Random Number Generator Database.
Journal of Scientific Exploration, 9(4), 453-488.
Utts, J. M. (1995). "Model selection in parapsychology: psychokinesis,
precognition or chance?" in Modeling and Prediction: Honoring Seymour Geisser,
Springer-Verlag.
Utts, J. M. (1996). An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning ,
Journal of Scientific Exploration, 10 (1), 3-30. Also in Journal of
Parapsychology, 59(4), 289-320.
Utts, J. M. (1996). Response to Ray Hyman's Report of September 11, 1995,
"Evaluation of Program on Anomalous Mental Phenomena." Journal of Scientific
Exploration 10(1), 59-61. Also in Journal of Parapsychology, 59(4), 353-356.
Josephson, Brian and Jessica Utts. (1996). The Paranormal and its
Implications for Consciousness, London Times Higher Education Supplement,
reprinted in The Paranormal and the Platonic Worlds: Readings from Brian
Josephson, in Japanese translation, Tokuma Shoten (publisher), Tokyo.
Utts. Jessica (1996). "Exploring Psychic Functioning: Statistics and Other
Issues" Stats: The Magazine for Students of Statistics, 16, 3-8.
Utts, Jessica. (1996). "Statistics and the Paranormal"; in The Encyclopedia
of the Paranormal, ed. by Gordon Stein, Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 722-729.
Utts, Jessica. (1999). "The Significance of Statistics in Mind-Matter
Research," Journal of Scientific Exploration, 13(4), 615-638. We thanks the Parapsychological Association Board (www.parapsych.org) for the permission to publish the above material.
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