Knowledge generation through self-experimentation

Objective

To characterize the knowledge derived from quantified self-type individual and group studies

Description

To validate self-experimentation studies as an important complement to traditional clinical trials, it is necessary to have both scientifically-valid results and a social context for understanding their role and impact.

As a self-experimenter, you are asked to reflect on your experience and complete a questionnaire. Genetic data is requested (optional) that has been linked to personality traits such as risk-taking, but the main focus is the questionnaire.

This project is being operated by DIYgenomics with advisors from the Philosophy Departments at Stanford University and Foothill College with the intent of submitting the results to a philosophy journal, and acknowledging self-experimenters by name or not as specified in the questionnaire.

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melanie take this questionnaire: https://traitwise.com/?private_survey=1&tags=tw:survey:rTTG7ExqaDBfVbPd

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melanie thanks Amy, yes, the results will be made public periodically as people complete the online survey

melanie hi amy - we are trying to schedule a call with wikilife - let me know if you would like to join - m@melanieswan.com

melanie Hello all, the study is now launched and in progress. Please complete the short online survey regarding your quantified self-tracking project with EITHER the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHJ2azd2aklITC0zR2pubWx0aGp5QlE6MQ or the Traitwise survey: https://traitwise.com/?private_survey=1&tags=tw:survey:rTTG7ExqaDBfVbPd

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melanie updated the stage of this study to be "In Progress."

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melanie thanks, i have contacted wikilife

Amy How do I help design this?

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Amy Excellent idea!

melanie welcome, thanks for joining the study! we'll let you know when the questionnaire is posted :)

Amy Have you already decided what will be on the survey? I've been trying to quantify how I spend free time and how that evolves over time. Categorically, happy to contribute ideas. Side thoght, check out wikilife.org. They are working on building a library of all the self-experiments. May even be a good distribution channel for the questionnaire.