To the Editor:

address to the Parapsychology Association raised several points that could help parapsychology. For example, she pointed out that the proposals in a recent article by me on "A Proposal and Challenge for Proponents and Skeptics of Psi " (Kennedy, 2004a) would enhance the evidential value of meta-analysis. That point is true, but it may be useful to extend the discussion beyond enhancements to meta-analysis. In particular, effective implementation of the proposals I suggested could virtually eliminate the need for meta-analysis. If appropriate power analyses were incorporated into the design of studies as recommended in my paper, 80 % of clearly identified confirmatory or pivotal studies would be expected to be statistically significant, assuming that psi experiments conform to the assumptions for standard statistical research. A few such studies would provide strong evidence for psi without the need for meta-analysis and the associated controversies over alternative methods, criteria, and outcomes. In the areas of medical research I currently work in, large well-designed studies are given greater weight than meta-analyses. The situation was well summarized in a recent book on statistical methods in cancer research: (continued on next page