This page documents the design of CSPM, including software and database. It will be added to piece by piece.
Subjects and Data
The "Subjects and Data" GUI gives access to the list of subjects and the data recorded for each one. The approach is to store minimal information for each subject (sex, DoB, handedness), comments and basic vitals (weight, height) through the Subject GUI. Other covariates are stored as "Covariates."
The study data for each subject is entered as MRI scans, physiological recordings, or everything else ("metrics") that are recorded as discrete values, such as vitals (BP, HR) and surveys. A key principal is that the data are not grouped at this stage; that comes later in the Project configuration. Thus multiple MRI scans from the same or different sessions are entered as rows. If a survey is repeated, there will be one entry for each measure. Even for a home study with daily questionnaires, each day will show as a different entry.