[Babase] Darting Database Design Questions
Susan Alberts
alberts at duke.edu
Thu Jan 14 14:56:44 EST 2010
> 2. Lymph node comments have been inconsistent and Karl and I were
> discussing a way of coding them. It has been pretty easy for me to
> 'standardize' them on this end, but do we want to discuss having a
> more standard coding for these in the field? Normal, mild,
> moderate, or severe inflammation, something like that? Or a number
> system?
>
> don't understand the question because not sure why your
> standardization won't work - or will it?
>
> I think my standardization will work, as long as everyone is
> comfortable with that call being made here and not 'in-situ'.
> Things like 'mildly inflammed' vs 'slightly inflammed' I take to
> mean the same thing.
Yes, agreed.
> Likewise 'severely' and 'very' have been clumped in my mind.
yes, agreed.
> So as long as everyone is comfortable with that happening in my
> hands and not in the field, I am fine with that. I just wanted to
> make sure you were.
Are those the main two things you've done? Maybe we can just go
through a sort of list and confirm or correct?
Susan
>
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