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Getting started with [[personal science]] can feel intimidating as there are a lot of components to consider when trying to answer personal questions. This page tries to accumulate best practices and advice to help both newcomers and experienced personal scientists in thinking and designing their personal science efforts. It is based on years of experience of personal scientists and is a living guide, which means that you are invited to edit and improve this article as well. | Getting started with [[personal science]] can feel intimidating as there are a lot of components to consider when trying to answer personal questions. This page tries to accumulate best practices and advice to help both newcomers and experienced personal scientists in thinking and designing their personal science efforts. It is based on years of experience of personal scientists and is a living guide, which means that you are invited to edit and improve this article as well. | ||
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This simplification was done as it can be very hard to differentiate between "design" and "observation" as they often relate to each other and changes in the project design are often related to initial observations. | This simplification was done as it can be very hard to differentiate between "design" and "observation" as they often relate to each other and changes in the project design are often related to initial observations. | ||
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== Questioning == | == Questioning == | ||
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* Learning about the frequency or intensity of things (e.g. of symptoms like pain or allergies or changes in mood, weight or other phenomena) | * Learning about the frequency or intensity of things (e.g. of symptoms like pain or allergies or changes in mood, weight or other phenomena) | ||
* Improving ones health or well-being, e.g. when having a chronic condition | * Improving ones health or well-being, e.g. when having a chronic condition | ||
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* Making progress in physical training or sports, trying to recover from an injury | * Making progress in physical training or sports, trying to recover from an injury | ||
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* Creatively expressing oneself through data and visualizations | * Creatively expressing oneself through data and visualizations | ||
* Wanting to learn a new skill | * Wanting to learn a new skill | ||
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==== Framing a question ==== | ==== Framing a question ==== | ||
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In the context of health-related questions, it might also be better to start from exploring ones own experiences rather than trying to dive into trying to find causes right from the start. Collecting data to conclusively "proof" a certain diagnosis is a very high bar to take and can be an overwhelming task to start out in a personal science project. Instead, it might be worth focusing on questions like "How bad are my symptoms?", "How often do they occur?", "What helps to improve my condition?". Framing questions this way might make it easier to make observations and reason about the records one collects. | In the context of health-related questions, it might also be better to start from exploring ones own experiences rather than trying to dive into trying to find causes right from the start. Collecting data to conclusively "proof" a certain diagnosis is a very high bar to take and can be an overwhelming task to start out in a personal science project. Instead, it might be worth focusing on questions like "How bad are my symptoms?", "How often do they occur?", "What helps to improve my condition?". Framing questions this way might make it easier to make observations and reason about the records one collects. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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