Hi, Can someone explain to me what the different values for medTimePoint column mean? Particularly, what does **Another Time** mean? I see a few rows are blank for this column. What does a blank value mean? Thanks.

Created by Avinash N Bukkittu bukkittu
We have yet to finalize the requirements for features, though we will require that they be numeric, thus you will have to code any categorical variables yourself.
Cool! Are there any requirements for the feature generation? For example, maximum number of feature, feature types (number, string ect...)
Those are not reported, and will not be used for the purposes of model fitting or scoring, but supplying features is still required.
Thanks! I notice there are ~ 200 NaN in professional-diagnosis variable in the demographic table. They can either be PD or non-PD, right?
@spidermanxyz and @bukkittu, case/control status is given by the (self-reported) professional-diagnosis variable in the Demographic table. For the purposes of scoring, we will do some filtering by medication status, but you will be required to submit features for all samples provided in the training and test sets, regardless of medication status. Those details will be provided at a later date.
Hi Solveig, Thank you for the reply. I have a small question here. Controls are the participants who are not suffering from the disease or are they the participants suffering from the disease but not taking any medications? Thanks.
Hi Solveig, Thanks for your explanation. I also have this question before. I have a related questions. The participants who give (1), (2) and (3) are self-identified as having a professional diagnosis PD and the participants who give answer "I don't take Parkinson medications" are the controls. The participants who gives NaN can either be PD or Non-PD. Is this correct? Thanks!
Avinash- This is the description from the mPower Portal: Participants who self-identified as having a professional diagnosis of PD were asked to do these four tasks (1) immediately before taking their medication, (2) after taking their medication (when they are feeling at their best), and (3) at some other time. Participants who self-identified as not having a professional diagnosis of PD (the controls) could complete these tasks at any time during the day, with the app suggesting to complete each activity three times per day. "Another time" would be not at their best (2) and not at their worst (1). Blank means unreported. Hope that helps, Solly

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