METHOD OF ANALYZING QUESTION RESPONSES TO SELECT AMONG DEFINED POSSIBILITIES AND MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHING SAME
First Claim
1. ) A method of diagnosing childhood mental disorders, comprising;
- a) identifying the set of possible diagnoses;
b) creating a set of questions pertaining to said possible diagnoses, said questions having two answer options;
c) establishing a first numerical value associated with each question and choice pair;
d) establishing a second numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair;
e) determining the answers to a selected subset of said questions;
f) calculating scores for each of said possible choices based on the answers to said selected subset of said questions and said first numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair and said second numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair for the questions in said subset, and;
g) selecting the most appropriate diagnosis or diagnoses based on said scores.
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Abstract
The disclosed invention is a method using Yes/No answers to questions to make the most appropriate selection from a set of defined possibilities. With regard to a topic which is being analyzed, a set of possible outcomes is defined. A database of questions which bear upon these outcomes is developed and each outcome is ranked in relation to each question as to how much that question indicates that outcome. Additional weight factors may be used along with these rankings. These rankings and weights are used to calculate accumulating scores for the possible outcomes. A formula is provided to choose a balanced selection of questions initially and then shift to questions which focus on the indicated likely outcomes as the questioning progresses. The outcomes having the highest percent accumulated score to possible score are deemed indicated by the method. The process may be repeated to obtain a second most indicated outcome.
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23 Claims
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1. ) A method of diagnosing childhood mental disorders, comprising;
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a) identifying the set of possible diagnoses;
b) creating a set of questions pertaining to said possible diagnoses, said questions having two answer options;
c) establishing a first numerical value associated with each question and choice pair;
d) establishing a second numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair;
e) determining the answers to a selected subset of said questions;
f) calculating scores for each of said possible choices based on the answers to said selected subset of said questions and said first numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair and said second numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair for the questions in said subset, and;
g) selecting the most appropriate diagnosis or diagnoses based on said scores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of selecting the most appropriate choice or choices from a set of possible choices, comprising;
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a) identifying the set of possible choices;
b) creating a set of questions pertaining to said possible choices, said questions having two answer options;
c) establishing a first numerical value associated with each question and choice pair;
d) establishing a second numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair;
e) presenting a selected subset of questions via a computer network;
f) receiving the answers to said selected subset of said questions via said computer network;
g) calculating scores for each of said possible choices based on the answers to said selected subset of said questions and said first numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair and said second numerical value associated with each said question and choice pair for the questions in said subset, and;
h) selecting the most appropriate choice or choices based on said scores. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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