Be wary of self-diagnosis. As you probably already know, it’s really easy to introduce bias into self-analysis.
Is there a way respondents can code their answers so that jsalvatier can perform an analysis while blinded? For example, don’t just say which behaviors are associated with ADHD. Instead, ask a question about whether he exhibits certain behaviors which may be correlated (or negatively correlated, or not at all correlated) with ADHD. But only include which it is in a rot13′d paragraph.
He can first answer that question and then decode the rot13 “answer.” This would give him much clearer, unbiased evidence.
EDIT: An (obviously untrue) example for clarity...
Do you like popcorn?
Fhpu naq fhpu n fghql sbhaq gung n yvxvat bs cbcpbea jnf fgebatyl cerqvpgvir bs fbzrbar univat NQUQ.
Yes, that’s clearly a concern. I wasn’t planning on self diagnosing, but going to a psychiatrist to be evaluated. That’s one thing I wondered about questionnaires used for evaluation, do they include questions which are not related to ADHD?
Be wary of self-diagnosis. As you probably already know, it’s really easy to introduce bias into self-analysis.
Is there a way respondents can code their answers so that jsalvatier can perform an analysis while blinded? For example, don’t just say which behaviors are associated with ADHD. Instead, ask a question about whether he exhibits certain behaviors which may be correlated (or negatively correlated, or not at all correlated) with ADHD. But only include which it is in a rot13′d paragraph.
He can first answer that question and then decode the rot13 “answer.” This would give him much clearer, unbiased evidence.
EDIT: An (obviously untrue) example for clarity...
Do you like popcorn?
Fhpu naq fhpu n fghql sbhaq gung n yvxvat bs cbcpbea jnf fgebatyl cerqvpgvir bs fbzrbar univat NQUQ.
Yes, that’s clearly a concern. I wasn’t planning on self diagnosing, but going to a psychiatrist to be evaluated. That’s one thing I wondered about questionnaires used for evaluation, do they include questions which are not related to ADHD?
I think so, but I don’t want to generalize from anecdotal evidence.
Just wait until “fgebatyl cerqvpgvir” starts working its way into the back of the subject’s brain.