[Babase] new sexskin error_death while ppa
kfenn
kfenn at princeton.edu
Thu May 15 15:47:12 EDT 2008
Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 05/15/2008 02:23:57 PM, kfenn wrote:
>
>>>>> How about this? We change the rule about assignment to a sexual
>>>>> cycle for sexskins so that any sexskins measurements > 0 on or
>>>>> after birth belong to the next cycle, but if it's a 0 measurement
>>>>> then it belongs to the conception cycle.
>
>> And of course, lets document it well so no one runs blindly runs a
>> query on cycle length and reports that females on average have 1.5
>> year long 'cycles' just because they are pregnant so often.
>
> The only other thing to think through is what all of this has to
> do with data entry dates. Obviously if you defer entering birth
> dates there will be an impact on what goes with what cycle.
I'm not sure I totally understand you. In an 6 month update, births
always get entered before any cycle information.
Does this address your concern? I can't speak about the existing data
in the tables and whether the change would impact them, but I don't see
a problem with respect to our current data entry protocol.
Tabby
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