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People rich enough to own iPhones is an interesting confounding variable for health studies.
by nsxwolf 12y ago
People rich enough to own iPhones is an interesting confounding variable for health studies.
- return0 12y agoNot sure how bad that is, though. After all a lot of studies just employ university students
- byw 12y agoThough I'd imagine if a study requires the use of these sensors, an Apple Watch may be cheaper than something from a medical device manufacturer.
- iamdanfox 12y agoAndroid compatibility looks feasible since the kit will be open source [1]. That should open up the ResearchKit demographic quite a bit! [1]: https://developer.apple.com/researchkit/ https://developer.apple.com/researchkit/
- tomovo 12y agoOpen? Like Facetime was supposed to be?
- Alphasite_ 12y agoWhy does this one keep getting trotted out, lets assume unless they get sued we're fine.
- freshyill 12y agoBlame the patent trolls, not Apple for that.
- sjwright 12y agoNot quite so feasible if the kit is written in Swift.
- michaelchisari 12y agoAs the spec for Swift solidifies, we'll see open source implementations. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple ends up releasing Swift as open source eventually as well.
- JustSomeNobody 12y agoIf a person lives in the States and is willing to subsidize, iPhones are about as cheap as a lot of other offerings.
- chockablock 12y agoTrue, though you can always loan equipment to participants. This study uses iPads for cognitive training in patients with Schizophrenia: http://woolleylab.ucsf.edu/forecast http://woolleylab.ucsf.edu/forecast Personal use of the iPad is one of the perks of participating.
- amirmansour 12y agoRegardless of any new constraints, this new method of acquiring necessary data is an improvement on the current state of affairs.
- kendallpark 12y agoI agree. You would have to have Android support to have a more representative selection. Some Android phones are cheap enough they could be purchased for participants as well.