jackspeese

Pas de tout, FD! T'as fait une chouette traduction d'une texte difficile pour n'importe quelque-un de pas cale en la statistique, chapeau bas! Si j'ai un peu de temps libre cet aprem, je ferai quelques corrections ou petites ameliorations, mais t'as fait un bon job, vraiment! Je me doute que je puisse faire un job pareil au tien de l'anglais vers le francais, en particulaire pour un sujet dans lequel je ne suis pas expert.

The_FD

Merci de ton compliment Jackspeese, c'est touchant venant de toi!

Enfin bon j'ai qd même une excuse c'est que je fais de la recherche (enfin je suis encore étudiant) en physiologie et que donc je passe mes journées à lire des articles scientifiques en anglais...

Au fait, ça fait plaisir de voir un anglophone parler aussi bien le français, je suis revenu des states depuis peu et c'est si rare!!

orion

Merci bcp FD

Super mega cool !

Ce qui m'énerve un peu, c'est lorsque je lis ta trad., je comprends tout mais ne serais jamais arrivé à un tel résultat.

jackspeese

Voici une version amelioree de la chouette traduction par FD:
Study summary
The aim of the study is to evaluate the reliability of the total test of cranial density using the force applied by eight fingers. Two 5th year students at the Swiss school of osteopathy tested 30 random patients. Prior to administering the two cranial tests, the “total test of cranial density” or the “test of density according to 4 various cranial stages, respectively, we calibrated the two testers to obtain a better standardization between them.
Each result obtained was recorded either as rigid (absence of rebound) and designated by a plus (+) as positive, or not rigid (rebound) and designated by a minus (-) as negative. The results were then analyzed using three statistical methods : Cohen’s kappa coefficient test, the chi square test of independence and MacNemar’s paired series test.
Using Cohen’s kappa coefficient test, according to the Landis and Koch classification, we obtained mediocre results for the first and third quadrant , poor results for the second quadrant and very poor results for the fourth quadrant.
Based on the minimum level of significance for the Cohen’s kappa coefficient test, which we set at 5%, we obtained results of 30.12% and 41.27% for the second and fourth quadrants, respectively, which leads us to conclude that the total test of cranial density has a low level of reliability. The same was true for the first quadrant, with a result of 7.42%. Conversely, we obtained reliable results of 4.33% for the third quadrant. Therefore, due to the Fleiss skew distribution, the results become more interesting. For the first and third quadrants, the tests would be more easily reproducible if performed on a whole population rather than just a sample.
The chi square test result is 36.35%, which allows us to say that the two testers obtained consistent results in the fourth quadrant at the 5% level. Analyzing the results of MacNemar’s paired series test with an α threshold of 5%, we obtained very good results of 28.91% and 58.11% for the first and second quadrants, respectively. This allows us to say that we have better reliability at the level of the first two quadrants. On the other hand, for the last two quadrants, there would be a too great a risk for errors; the results of 2.15% and 5.74% are too close to the threshold.
Unfortunately, the results of this study are disappointing, as we cannot claim to be able to administer our test in a reliable and reproducible manner. However, we should not forget that the lack of practice and sensitivity of the two testers, as well as the fact that we tested an asymptomatic sample, would tend to make us considerably less likely to arrive at the same conclusion.
For our profession, different points can be considered. Notably, we were able to observe that is necessary to standardize our sense of touch. This study also taught us that, in practicing “preventive” osteopathy, we run the risk of an increased number of wrong diagnoses.