Informal statistics of our own
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:53 pm
I had an idea. It may have been mentioned before but a search for statistics turned up hundreds of responses so if I'm duplicating efforts please feel free to delete this, ok moderators?
I know we have a tracking project thread but I am not convinced that it is complete. There could be many reasons for this including the possibility that people fail to post negative experiences as often as positive ones, or they find the questions intimidating. Who knows?
What about something far simpler, not to replace the tracking thread which is awesome, but just for the purpose of doing an informal count of how many folks have been tested, where (ie, according to protocol or not), and the results -- positive for CCSVI or not? It could be a poll even.
One danger is that trolls could come in and try to skew it. However I can't help thinking that the numbers here on this forum are higher than the Buffalo results and I would like to know if I'm right. This will never be seen as scientific of course.
If we're going to do it we may as well do it right so chime in with any thoughts for or against.
Thanks,
Pam
I know we have a tracking project thread but I am not convinced that it is complete. There could be many reasons for this including the possibility that people fail to post negative experiences as often as positive ones, or they find the questions intimidating. Who knows?
What about something far simpler, not to replace the tracking thread which is awesome, but just for the purpose of doing an informal count of how many folks have been tested, where (ie, according to protocol or not), and the results -- positive for CCSVI or not? It could be a poll even.
One danger is that trolls could come in and try to skew it. However I can't help thinking that the numbers here on this forum are higher than the Buffalo results and I would like to know if I'm right. This will never be seen as scientific of course.
If we're going to do it we may as well do it right so chime in with any thoughts for or against.
Thanks,
Pam