Definitely with the gigo people.
Definitely with the gigo people. I can't tell you how many studies and ideas have been generated, not to mention entire academic publishing careers, on trolling databases. It's a great first step - if you have decent data.
The problem is even with decent data we see all sorts of quick let's jump on a bandwagon responses, that cost loads of money, and if anyone even bothers to check, often end up with no benefit, and sometimes even harm. I've even had lengthy conversations with people who have discussed the issue of the databases in health and research that store the information themselves - their structure, maintenance, utilization, etc. Honestly, mostly people think it's a magic, truth-telling spreadsheet. And you really don't want to see the quality of how most people handle their spreadsheets they use to record/collate info intended to end up in a database.
Meanwhile, I can't believe we're still mishandling blood draws and tissue samples that we use to make literally life or death decisions. And then throwing any old thing into the databases as if it's a landfill. There probably are ponies and diamonds in landfills (see the article for reference). You want to try and find them? Even if you do, it's unlikely to do you or anyone else much good. I'd strongly suggest starting out with the ponies and diamonds in the first place.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/29/572853436/precision-medical-treatments-have-a-quality-control-problem
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/29/572853436/precision-medical-treatments-have-a-quality-control-problem
The problem is even with decent data we see all sorts of quick let's jump on a bandwagon responses, that cost loads of money, and if anyone even bothers to check, often end up with no benefit, and sometimes even harm. I've even had lengthy conversations with people who have discussed the issue of the databases in health and research that store the information themselves - their structure, maintenance, utilization, etc. Honestly, mostly people think it's a magic, truth-telling spreadsheet. And you really don't want to see the quality of how most people handle their spreadsheets they use to record/collate info intended to end up in a database.
Meanwhile, I can't believe we're still mishandling blood draws and tissue samples that we use to make literally life or death decisions. And then throwing any old thing into the databases as if it's a landfill. There probably are ponies and diamonds in landfills (see the article for reference). You want to try and find them? Even if you do, it's unlikely to do you or anyone else much good. I'd strongly suggest starting out with the ponies and diamonds in the first place.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/29/572853436/precision-medical-treatments-have-a-quality-control-problem
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/29/572853436/precision-medical-treatments-have-a-quality-control-problem
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