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a technique for testing clairvoyance in which the participant is asked to state the order of a stacked deck of Zener cards from top to bottom. Compare up through. See also basic technique; screen touch matching.

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trend study

a longitudinal design in which data are collected at periodic intervals on samples drawn from a particular population and are used to reveal trends (systematic tendencies or patterns) over time.