Malaysian Ghost Research's
Paranormal Investigation Achievement Rating Standard - PiARS.
10 November 2012 12:16:53 PM by
Augustine Towonsing
Background
Each paranormal investigation
will definitely either be successful or not in documenting any
evidence of spirit activities. However, there is no rating standard
which has been set by any paranormal club as reference to determine
how successful a paranormal investigation ought to be. At the most, the
success is only rated in words such as bad, good, great and so on.
Hence, the Malaysian Ghost Research has invented three formulas to
calculate the success level of a paranormal investigation.
In fact, in order to measure
investigation success we need to see how much evidences we have documented within a
paranormal
investigation time duration. Furthermore, scientific measures will
be able to tells us exactly the success level of an investigation
based on scientific calculation.
Why need we
rate our paranormal investigation?
Since the paranormal field is a part of science that
has always been referred to as para science therefore we need
an index standard as a guide to rate investigation success.
Which means, we have to set a standard guide to measure how well the
investigation has achieved its goal.
In fact, when we compare and
measure a paranormal investigation, not only will we be able to see the
actual goals that have been achieved in an investigation but also we can
predict other factors that may contribute to the success of the
investigation mentioned.
Furthermore, in the long run we will
be able to gather more information related to the actual factors
which brings significant impact on ghost hunting.
What is
the Paranormal Investigation Achievement Rating Standard - PiARS?
The Paranormal Investigation
Achievement Rating Standard (PiARS) is a set of standards set by
the Malaysian Ghost Research to determine the success level of a
paranormal investigation. This Paranormal
Investigation Achievement Rating Standard - PiARS would be used to determine
the success of their future paranormal and ghost research and
also to share it with other paranormal clubs. The PiARS rating standard
is shown
in the table below.
How to use the PiARS?
The PiARS only can be used to
determine paranormal investigation success if related data input had
been recorded properly. Furthermore, the PiARS only sets to determine
paranormal investigation success using common tools which were used to
record spirit activities in the form of EVPs, still photos and
videos.
Therefore, the PiARS may not
be applied to determine paranormal investigation success for
investigation that has not collected paranormal evidence using a
video camera, voice recorder or camera for still photos.
PiARS disadvantages and
limitations.
The PiARS index should only be used to
determine paranormal investigations that have valid evidence that can either
be counted physically or referred to as one unit for mathematical
calculation, eg. 1 image in a video clip segment etc.
The benefit of
using the PiARS
The benefit of using this index is,
we would then know the actual success of our investigation that not only
scientifically can be used to determine other factors that may have
contributed to the investigation success, but it also can be used as
scientific evidence.
Paranormal Investigation
Achievement Rating
Standard for video - PiARSve.
Background
The video camera is a common tool that
has been widely used in paranormal investigations, yet no formula had
been forwarded by any paranormal clubs to determine the success of a
paranormal investigation based on video recording evidence.
In fact, success in documenting a
full ghost apparition on video recording scientifically cannot be
used as evidence that the certain investigation has met with great success
without any index for a reference to determine its
rating.
Data collection
To collect data for the purpose
of giving the PiARSve in paranormal investigations using a video camera, a
researcher must:
-
Determine the actual start
and end time of an investigation by referring to a time
stamp that is printed on the video screen during playback and
not according to the time the researcher reached the field
investigation.
-
Determine the length of an
investigation in minutes.
-
Extract paranormal
images from a video frame.
-
Determine the image total of
all segments from a paranormal visual.
-
Determine the maximum amount
of a paranormal images that have been extracted from a video
frame in a segment. Every segment equals to one
minute based on our experience that paranormal
events that are mostly recorded on video range from one to the
maximum of twenty seconds. Therefore, one minute in a
segment is sufficient to determine the maximum amount of a
paranormal images in a segment.
The PiARSve key formula.
Below are the keys for the scientific
calculation based on data collection to rate a paranormal
investigation based on video recording.
The Formula:
Paranormal Investigation Rating
Standard for Still Photo - PiARSpe.
Background
Still photos are the most common
evidence of spirit activities. Therefore, based on the number of
photos that have been captured in an investigation, the PiARSve can be used to
measure the success of an investigation to determine how far the
investigation has achieved its goal.
Data Collection.
To collect data for the purpose
of giving the PiARSpe in a paranormal investigation using still photos, a
researcher must:
-
Determine the actual start
and end time of an investigation by referring to a time
stamp that is printed on the first photo captured and the last
photo captured, whether it had recorded any paranormal activities or
not.
-
Determine the length of an
investigation in minutes.
-
Determine the total number of
still photos that can be considered to have captured images of
the
paranormal only. Photos which have not captured any
paranormal images cannot be considered as proof.
The PiARSpe key formula.
Below are the keys for the scientific
calculation based on data collection to rate a paranormal
investigation based on still photos.
The Formula:
Paranormal Investigation
Achievement Rating
Standard for EVP - PiARSevp.
Background
An investigation based on EVP also
can be measured using a scientific formula. Similar to video
recording, EVPs captured on voice recorder will fill up a certain
amount of time frames. Basically, EVPs recorded on voice recorder
will take a time frame of two to ten seconds that is filled up with
paranormal voices. Therefore, a segment of EVPs is equal to a one-minute time frame of a paranormal audio recording. Since most of the
time in a segment only one EVP is recorded, therefore the calculation
will not include standard mean calculation.
Data Collection.
To collect data for the purpose
of the PiARSpe in paranormal investigations using EVP evidence, a
researcher must:
-
Determine the actual start
and end time of an investigation by referring to a time
stamp that is printed on the screen of a digital voice recorder
during playback, or take note of the moment the EVP
recording start or end.
-
Determine the length of an
investigation in minutes.
-
Determine the total amount of
EVPs that can be considered to have distinct ghost voices or
after the voices have been boosted.
The PiARSevp key formula.
Below are the keys for the scientific
calculation based on data collection to rate a paranormal
investigation base on EVP.
The Formula:
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Augustine Towonsing, CGR, CPI, CEVPR, PDP, CI ,CPC
Founder of Malaysian Ghost Research
Paranormal Investigator and Ghost Researcher, Reiki Master,
Member of The International Ghost Hunters Society and The
International Ghost Hunters Inner Circle Society.
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