[Babase] Changing Immigrant Male Census Data
Lacey Maryott Roerish
lroerish4 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 10:48:41 EST 2009
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Karl O. Pinc <kop at meme.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/2009 09:34:37 AM, Susan Alberts wrote:
> > This problem is historic, it has always been true in the database,
> > all
> >
> > of these are males that date from the original version of babase. It
> > has been on our list for a long time, but we are just now getting to
> > it now that other more urgent data entry issues are being addressed.
>
> So the answer is to fix the CENSUS rows to use the modern Status
> values with rows that are in existence (or not) as current protocol
> dictates. Which probably means deleting a lot of rows.
>
> I don't think that more recent immigrant males are in MEMBERS
> at all in between their "birth" and when they first appear,
> right?
>
They have a row for every day from birth to appearance in a study group,
listed as being in group 9.
L
>
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> > On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Jeanne Altmann wrote:
> >
> > > Wow, that feels like a lot of animals. Do you see a pattern in this
> >
> > > problem? My guess is that what you plan is right, but it is Karl &/
> > > or Niki who will know—and then please see if a change is needed in
> > > the documentation. I think Niki is at a prenatal appointment this
> > > morning, so we shouldn’t assume she is w/baby yet but you may not
> > > get a response right away from her).
> > > jeanne
> > >
> > > From: babase-bounces at eeblistserv.princeton.edu
> > [mailto:babase-bounces at eeblistserv.princeton.edu
> > > ] On Behalf Of Lacey Maryott Roerish
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:20 AM
> > > To: The Baboon Database Project
> > > Subject: [Babase] Changing Immigrant Male Census Data
> > >
> > > Good morning,
> > >
> > > This message is primarily for Karl/Niki (if Niki is still sans
> > > baby). I have a list of 25 immigrant males who have a matgrp of 9,
> >
> > > but who, instead of being in group 9 from birth until their entry
> > > date, are actually shown to be in their 'entry group' at birth. I
> > > have, for all of these males, the list of actual dates when they
> > > should enter our population.
> > > What I am not sure of is, if I simply change the date prior to
> > > their entry date to group 9... will it interpolate back to 9 for
> > the
> >
> > > rest of their young lives.... do I have to make incremental
> > changes,
> >
> > > do I just change their group at birth date and group at the day
> > > before entry?
> > > I have tried reading through the documentation but it isn't
> > > obvious to me what the best method is to get babase to understand
> > > that these males are really in grp 9 until their entry dates.
> > >
> > > Any input?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Lacey
> > >
> > > --
> > > - -
> > > Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
> > > Alberts Lab
> > > Department of Biology
> > > Duke University
> > > ph: 919-660-7306
> > > fax: 919-660-7293
> > > Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Susan Alberts, Dept of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham NC
> >
> > 27708. Phone 919-660-7272, FAX 919-660-7293
> >
> >
> >
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> Karl <kop at meme.com>
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Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
Alberts Lab
Department of Biology
Duke University
ph: 919-660-7306
fax: 919-660-7293
Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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