Regarding modern parapsychology studies, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Modern parapsychologists still do not consider double-blind experiments and the replication of experiments to be important.
b. Modern parapsychologists have improved security and accuracy in their record keeping.
c. In the last 10 years, hundreds of experiments have been reported in parapsychological journals with many of them seeming to support the existence of psi abilities.
d. For every parapsychology study with positive results, there are many others that fail and are never published.
A
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