 |
 |
Count me in. I'm a pretty good editor. I'm always finding typo's in the paper, and I have a knack for spotting bad questions in surveys and tests. And I obviously love talking about myself ;-) Enjoy Fall! Rick McGirr Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Rack" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Scientific Method etc > >Dee, >> >>Several years ago I both strongly urged the group to establish a >>database >>and designed an in depth questionnaire. I was dissapointed by the >>response, i.e. very few. The comments ranged from 'too complex', >>'invasion >>of privacy', 'too late for me, why bother'.The questionnaire was >>severely >>cut and eventually circulated. The management of this was done by >>Edith >>and Mario. I did not take part because the data being collected >>would not >>have, in my opinion, produced any meaningful results. >> >>I don't think my original questionnaire was too complex, i.e. too >>many >>questions. In fact, I think more could be added. >> > > ... deleted for brevity > >>I still believe that this group, the largest in the world, could >>produce >>some very interesting analysis/results. One key point, it should be >>completed without the involvement of any Drug company, or any >>Research >>Department that is receiving any funding from a Drug company. >> >>Marco > > I'd be happy to participate. I can well imagine a questionnaire > getting very long, we have such varied symptoms and histories. But > as > a former programmer I don't see where it would be terribly complex, > at least not for the users. If we could get a hundred thousand > participants the shear numbers could produce linkages that no one > has > been able to notice. > I'd like to see some funding for projects that don't involve > pharmaceuticals. Are you listening APDA? > > Steve > -- > Stephen Rack > Brattleboro, VT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn