On Sep 13, 2010, at 15:59 , Joshua Wiley wrote: > If it's not possible to use their particular algorithms, does anyone > think it would be helpful/practical to try to write a general scoring > system? I imagine a function with arguments for column names, a list > where each element is a vector that indicates the numbers that > correspond to various subscales, an argument that could handle any > reverse scoring, etc. > > I am willing to have a go at this if people think it would be > worthwhile (read: if someone wiser than me thinks it is not a waste of > time). >
I don't think that's the issue at all. It is a matter of being able to say that you did it "The Standard Way" (i.e. their way, by the book/manual) or not. It really doesn't matter how trivial the procedure is, or even whether it is the right thing to do. Even if you do a complete clean-room implementation of their scoring system, they can claim either that what you do is not SF-36 or if you say that it is, that you owe them money. > Josh > > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: >> On Sep 13, 2010, at 8:13 AM, Frank Harrell wrote: >> >>> >>> I know someone who has R code for SF-36 and perhaps SF-12. Aren't there >>> copyright issues relating to SF-* even if it is reprogrammed? >>> Frank >> >> >> Yep... >> >> >> http://www.qualitymetric.com/RequestInformation/SurveyInformationRequestDemo/tabid/263/Default.aspx >> >> HTH, >> >> Marc Schwartz >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > > -- > Joshua Wiley > Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology > University of California, Los Angeles > http://www.joshuawiley.com/ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Peter Dalgaard Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
