Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement, Sharon! I'll try to get a
hold of Dr. Fahn. I still need to do more research and it would be great to
talk to and maybe even collaborate with a "real" research team. I'll have
to get back to you on the analysis. I might need your help with finding the
right method. I worked with a professor at the university in my town last
year (Dr. Walsh). A friend and I did a very simple behavioral project and
analyzed it. Dr. Walsh suggested the Pearson's Chi Square and gave us some
information on it so that we could do our analysis. I'm still collecting
data, but I'll contact Dr. Walsh soon and ask him if he can help. He may
not be able to help with this, though, because he is a behavioral scientist
and may not know the analysis to use for this project. I'll write again if
I need help! Thank you!
Becky Potts
-----Original Message-----
From: (Sharon Golub) <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: Becky's PD Research Project - my response
>Becky,
> I am a professor of psychology and have worked with college students on
>various research projects over the years. You are the first high school
>student I have encountered with the curiosity and ingenuity to undertake a
>really neat study and I admire your efforts.
> I write to offer a suggestion. Contact Dr. Stanley Fahn --or anyone in
his
>research group--at the Dept of Neurology, Columbia University College of
>Physicians and Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital, NY 10032.. They have been
>looking at the link between PD and genetics and have done some population
>surveys. You need to look at what has been published and perhaps get some
>info re what is not yet published.
> Your work will be a contribution to the literature and one of the current
>researchers may want to use your data in combination with his or her own.
>Good luck with completion of your project and call on me if you want some
help
>in analyzing your data or writing it up.
> Sharon Golub, Ph.D.
>
