Perception of Therapeutic Qi, a Nonmechanical, Nonpsychological Factor in Acupuncture That Originates from the Therapist

Table 2 Subjective distinguishability of the two phases.

	Responses per category	Total responses	Responses per category (%)	p*
Indistinguishable	2	28	7
Subtly distinguishable	10	28	36
Clearly distinguishable	16	28	57	0.05^†
Subtly or clearly distinguishable	26	28	93	< 0.001^‡

*Chi-squared test;^† this p-value is a measure of whether the distribution of responses across the three categories indistinguishable, subtly distinguishable, and clearly distinguishable was significantly different from random; ^‡ this p-value is a measure of whether the distribution of responses across the two categories indistinguishable and subtly or clearly distinguishable was significantly different from random.

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