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the maharishi effect and governmentFigure 3. Increased Quality of Life in Washington D.C. During and Afterthe National Demonstration Projecttests, only the D.C. Quality of Life Index changed significantly in thecontrol year, and it changed in the opposite direction to the experimentalyear. Using one-tailed tests, the Quality of Life Index changedsignificantly in the control year in the opposite direction to the experimentalyear. In addition, one-tailed tests showed that the media variablechanged significantly in the same direction in the control year asduring the experimental year. Analysis of outliers did not change theoutcomes.Table 3 shows the effect size of each variable in order of strengthof the trend reversal. As can be seen, all variables in the experimentalgroup showed results in the predicted direction. In contrast, thedirection of change for the control data were not consistent, and only1 out of 8 variables changed significantly, two-tailed, and this was inthe opposite direction (toward greater negativity) from the experimentalhypothesis. The same information is depicted visually for six of thevariables in Figures 4 and 5.DiscussionAs can be seen from the results, the Demonstration Project appeared toimpact variables as disparate as presidential approval ratings and emergencypsychiatric calls in Washington, D.C. This is consistent with the249