After having spent the better part of the year, wading through patient files, chasing surgeons (probably have better luck chasing the sun), and trying to acquire CT's to interpret, I finally have some pre-liminary data. Its preliminary coz, again, surgeons are way to busy to RETURN A FUCKING FORM!!! Man, it requires maybe 30 mins of work? I understand they're busy, but wtf? It's been 2 WEEKS!
*Sigh*
Upon analysing preliminary data, the second, more horrific conclusion draws near. My results may not be valid. From the breif amounts of time I've spent in Stata generating K-M curves and life tables and sts tests, most have a P value of... oh, i dont know 0.40!!!! The one gleaming time I THOUGHT I had something significant (p=0.002!!!!) was when I included a variable that wasn't the exact outcome variable in question (my project is looking purely at graft failure/re-intervention, but if I include deaths post-op as well as failure and define that as failure, then my P value goes through the roof!)
But alas, I cant do that, coz thats not the scope of my thesis. So I must wade through shit data, without really understanding what I'm doing and all of this may amount to... nothing! NOT A FUCKING THING!
Anyways, venting done =D
2 comments:
I think you could probably put that in as part of your thesis.
I would.
Then again, I might put your data in as part of my thesis, but only the good stuff. You can keep the crap. Please send me your SPSS file =).
Guess.
You know... I have no idea who you are.. but if you check here, do let me know... I have no idea who is doing crap that is remotely the same as mine...
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