Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Nigel? Are you out there?

I was doing an epilepsy survey last night and suddenly realized that

(drumroll)

This survey goes up to 11!!!



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22 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 5:02 AM

    ha ha! Don't hear/read many Spinal Tap references anymore. I'm getting old.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 6:50 AM

    Not as atypical as you think, the trend in survey designs now (at least as related to biomedical studies), is to use an odd number of responses so there is a choice that is smack dab in the middle. Though 5 and 7 are most commonly seen.

    -Wu

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  3. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 7:34 AM

    It makes perfect sense to have a choice exactly in the middle for the neither/nor answers - less stress and waste of time to decide whether you should mark 5 or 6 out of 10!

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  4. TransplantOctober 16, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Thanks for making me snort coffee out of my nose this morning.

    What I tell my doctor applies to you, also... "You can never retire"!

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  5. Dr.MOctober 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM

    What the hell? Who was tripping when they wrote that survey?

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  6. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 8:52 AM

    Hahahahaha!!!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    You should live in the UK - the volume on the BBC iPlayer (listen/watch again) goes up to 11. One louder!

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  8. Mark p.s.2October 16, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Number 1 "performs extremely poorly" on the chart in comparison to number 5 "No effect" makes it seem like an anti-medicine making the patient worse.

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  9. JonoOctober 16, 2012 at 4:04 PM

    Even my Marshall amp only goes up to 10.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 16, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    It's like, how much more "performs extremely well" could this be? And the answer is none- none more "performs extremely well."

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  11. Ivan IlyichOctober 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    That's prime!

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  12. JennOctober 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM

    *like*

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  13. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 8:05 AM

    I think the arrangement of the Meds is interesting.

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  14. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 8:27 AM

    How.....creative. Almost......artisan.

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  15. WarmSocksOctober 17, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    @Ivan - awesome!

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  16. AnonymousOctober 17, 2012 at 11:07 PM

    "To test your olfactory response, we're going to use this special glove..."

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  17. cliffintokyoOctober 18, 2012 at 4:26 AM

    For people who just LOVE to split hairs!

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  18. OMDGOctober 18, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    Technically a 0-10 scale has 11 pts also...

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  19. Kat's KatsOctober 18, 2012 at 2:25 PM

    Oooooh I like that Licard (sp?) scale much better!! And how loverly so see all of my favorite meds in a row! ::snicker:: Sorry, I've been having a fibro flare this week. But actually having an 11 point scale set out like this is more likely to make responders make their choices... ack! brain fart!... more thoughtfully which will result in a more (argh! not again!) statistically (word) study.

    Sometimes I hate my brain.

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  20. AnonymousOctober 18, 2012 at 11:06 PM

    Hmmm... Lamictal is a 9 in my book. Performs well but not extremely well.

    ...kind of envious of that "11."

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  21. LOctober 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    I think "0" should have been replaced with Shit Sandwich.

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  22. AnonymousOctober 19, 2012 at 4:22 PM

    surgeons and cardiologist now have "12" on their ratings....

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So wadda you think?