[Babase] 0 to 1 sexskin size will be changed to 1

kfenn kfenn at princeton.edu
Mon May 12 15:49:32 EDT 2008


A general note of interest for babase users with a specific question for 
Karl.

The swelling size data for females has 276 records where the team 
recorded a 0-1 swelling size.  These data were input into a spreadsheet 
as 0.5, but the data type for this column in Babase 2.0 is 
integer...which means that I can't upload these decimal values from the 
spreadsheet to Babase 2.0. 

Per a discussion with Jeanne, I will change all these data from 0.5 to 1 
in the spreadsheet so they can be uploaded.  We considered documenting 
this change on the sexskin sheets, as we do for most changes, but since 
there are 276 records that need changing, it seems easier just to 
include this in the sexskin documentation. 

Karl, does this make sense, and can you make the appropriate changes to 
the technical documentation?  Can you think of other places where I 
should note this change?


Thanks,
Tabby

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Tabby Fenn
Research Assistant

Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ  08544

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