Posted by Dr. Bob on February 2, 2002, at 23:48:53
In reply to PB as research, posted by mist on February 2, 2002, at 22:07:15
> I know this research project (the Psycho-Babble boards) has to do with online support groups but am not sure specifically what it's looking for or at. How effective the group is? Is it being compared to anything else like other online boards or real-life support groups? How is effectiveness (or whatever) defined and measured? And what do the researchers look at to determine it?
Good questions!
Three other boards I thought I'd mention on Monday are:
tAPir
http://www.algy.com/cgi-bin/forums/ultimatebb.cgiBraintalk Communities
http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=introNetDoktor.com
http://community.netdoktor.com/ccs/uk/depression/support/index.jspAre there others that you'd recommend? No, I haven't done any systematic comparisons, but that would be interesting...
But the whole issue of what exactly to look at, and how, still needs to be worked out. Except for statistics from the server, it's all very impressionistic now. I think one way to start might be with a survey. That was the subject of a thread on Tele-Psycho-Babble:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/tele/20010601/msgs/90.html
More input would be great...
Bob
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