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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 August 2015 11:41:29AM *  3 points [-]

In general, do you find brand-name -afinils more effective than generics?

I think that answer should have more than just (yes) and (no) as an answer. At least it should have a "I don't know" answer.

I would add a question "When was the last time you used modafinil?" to see whether people are on aggregate right about how many days per week they use it. Maybe even "At what time of the day did you use it?"

I would be interested in a question about how many hours the person sleeps on average.

Have you thought about having a question about bodyweight? I would be interested in knowing whether heavier people take a larger dose.

Comment author: gwern 14 August 2015 06:27:35PM 0 points [-]

I've added 'the same' as a third option to the generic vs brand-name question, and 2 questions about average hours of sleep a night & body weight.

I would add a question "When was the last time you used modafinil?" to see whether people are on aggregate right about how many days per week they use it.

What would the response there be, an exact date or n days ago or what?

Comment author: Tem42 14 August 2015 06:44:30PM 2 points [-]

I have no experience with -afinils, but it seems to me that there will surely be cases of people who have tried only brand-name (or, alternatively, only generic) -afinil, and therefore cannot accurately respond to the question

In general, do you find brand-name -afinils more effective than generics?

With yes, no, or the same. The correct answer would be "I don't know". If I were taking this survey, I would skip that question rather than try to guess which answer you wanted in that case. But if I were designing the survey, I would go with ChristianKl's suggestion.

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 August 2015 01:04:11AM 1 point [-]

I've added 'the same' as a third option to the generic vs brand-name question

I would guess that a majority of the respondents haven't testing multiple kind of modafinil and thus are not equipped to answer the question at all. "I don't know" seems to be the proper answer for them.

Comment author: gwern 06 September 2015 08:43:02PM 1 point [-]

Alright, I've added a don't-know option and added a 'when did you last use' question.

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 August 2015 01:02:01AM 1 point [-]

What would the response there be, an exact date or n days ago or what?

Both would be possible but I think "n days ago" is more standard. It makes the data analysis easier.

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