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[Guest guest]

Dear Todd:

 

Great idea about the setup for those two research projects. I think you run

into lots of trouble with the premise of " X patients with the same diagnosis,

TCM "

 

Goes back to the interexaminer reliability studies on TCM diagnostic methods,

esp pulse.

 

You might do better with X patients with a western disease, since your

premise (that they all have the same disease) is easier to establish.

 

Then of course, it would be great to establish that of the X patients, Chi Dx

A was established N% of the time, B established P% of the time and C

established Q% of the time.

 

 

 

Guy Porter

 

DrGRPorter

[Guest guest]

, drgrporter@a... wrote:

> Dear Todd:

>

> Great idea about the setup for those two research projects.

 

 

It was not my design, but Al's, I believe.

>

> You might do better with X patients with a western disease,

since your

> premise (that they all have the same disease) is easier to

establish.

 

yeah. just let one group do TCM style and the other do as they

please and perhaps a third group just use a single plan for all

patients.

 

[Guest guest]

Then of course, it would be great to establish that of the X patients, Chi Dx A was established N% of the time, B established P% of the time and C established Q% of the time

>>>That is what we attempted with our study

Alon