[Babase] Conversion Errors - Males

Catherine Markham babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:21:31 -0400


Leah's list of male conversion errors below.  Forwarded to listserv to 
archive.

Catherine

> CONVERSION ERRORS – MALES
> Leah Gerber
> August 23, 2005
> 
> NEC
> 
> ERROR:      NEC: 1978-01-23: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:     In members and census after statdate (23/1/78). No record 
> of NEC found after the statdate.
>     
> Solution:     Statdate: OK
> Members and Census to delete: Delete records between (and including)
> 24/1/78-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: NONE
> Biograph.status: Change to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8   
> 
> RUS
> 
> ERROR:      RUS: 1976-12-31: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:    In members and census after statdate (31/12/76). In members 
> and census,  RUS is in group 99 from 12/04/76 to 30/09/93.
>     
> Solution:    Statdate: OK * see note
> Members and Census to delete: Delete records between (and including)
> 01/01/77-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: change from group 99 to group 9 from (and 
> including) 12/04/76 to 31/12/76  * see note
> Biograph.status: Change to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8   
> 
> 
> NOTE:  Catherine, could you check to see if you have any data from 
> 1976-1979 at Princeton that may affect the statdate or placement in 
> group 9. I have no way to check if 31/12/76 is the correct statdate. I 
> have originals up until July 1976 and then nothing until 1980. It is not 
> known whether this is a statdate estimated by a midpoint or an actual 
> locating census.
> 
> STI
> 
> ERROR:      STI: 1976-03-11: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:    In members and census after statdate (11/03/76). Also has 
> been placed in group 99 on 12/02/76. Notes about him being alone in 
> Jeanne’s book.
>     
> Solution:    Statdate: OK (historical notes in Jeanne’s book) *see note
> Members and Census to delete: Delete records between (and including)
> 12/03/76-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: He should be in group 10 (alone) from 
> 12/02/76 until 11/03/76
> Biograph.status: status to alive (0) instead of missing (3).
> 
> NOTE: It is not known whether this is a statdate estimated by a midpoint 
> or an actual locating
> census. Can’t confirm statdate at Duke. We have no records back this far.
> 
> IBI
> 
> ERROR:      IBI: 1979-05-21: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:    Matgrp of 9 but in members and census in group 4 from birth 
> (05/07/68). In members and census after statdate of 21/05/79. In grp 99 
> from 22/05/79 until 30/09/93
>            
> Solution:     Statdate: OK * see note
> Members and Census to delete: Delete records between (and including) 
> 22/05/79-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: (1) Change rows from 05/07/68 to June 1977
>                         to group 9 * see note
> Biograph.status: status to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8
> 
> NOTE:  Catherine comfirmed from records at Princeton that this statdate 
> seems correct. no records in members and census after the statdate. I 
> checked all of the OGC data for
> a record of IBI. None found at Duke but our records are not complete. 
> Catherine found record of IBI in June 1977 in J. Walters notes. This is 
> where his age and birthdate was estimated from.

IBI is still under review at Princeton.  I did check the records but 
need to talk about Ibis with Jeanne.

> 
> DAR
> 
> ERROR:      DAR: 1986-06-01: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:    In members and census after statdate. Matgrp of 9 but in 
> members in group 6 from birth (1/1/73). First seen in group 6 on 
> 18/12/82 (Alto’s OG notes) Statdate of 01/06/86 is wrong. There are 
> notes confirming his presence after this date. In OGN (Alto’s 30/05/86) 
> DAR was seen in Sinya group. In members he is placed in group 8 on 
> 02/06/86. This is the first day he was missing from Alto’s census. Also 
> seen in Sinya group on 23/12/86 (OGC). Can not find any reference to DAR 
> after this date.
> 
> Solution:     Statdate: change to 23/12/86
> Members and Census to delete: remove records between (and including) 
> 24/12/86-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: (1) change to group 9 from (and including) 
> birth (1/1/73) to 17/12/82, place in group 8 from 31/05/86-23/12/86  * 
> see note
> Biograph.status: status to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8
> 
> NOTE:  In members DAR is placed in group 8 for the first time on 
> 02/06/86 but in demography notes he is in both Alto’s and Sinya on 
> 30/05/86.  02/06/86 is the first day he was missing from Alto’s census. 
> Decision was made to place DAR in group 8 for the first time on 
> 31/05/86. Place DAR in Sinya group between (and including) 03/06/86 and 
> 23/12/86. OGC  places DAR in  Sinya group on 23/12/86. DAR was placed in 
> Grendel’s group (group 8) before so we will assume Sinya’s group is 
> group 8. It became hard for the team to distinguish between Grendel’s 
> and Kojak’s during this time period.
> 
> DOB
> 
> ERROR:      DOB: 1989-07-15: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> 
> Details:      In members and census after statdate. Statdate is 
> incorrect. Statdate is 15/07/89, however, in the census sheets DOB 
> present on and off in Hook’s after that day. Not on Hook’s census sheets 
> for july, august, September, November 1989. Last seen 18/10/89. Absent 
> 25/10/89 and onwards. Found no records after this date in OGN, OGC and 
> demography notes.
> 
> Solution:     Statdate: 18/10/89  * see note
> Members and Census to delete:  remove records between (and including) 
> 18/10/89-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: * see note
> 
> Date             Group
> 29/06/89-3/8/89    9
> 4/08/89        10 (based on a demog note in Hook’s binder)
> 5/08/89-6/10/89    9
> 7/10/89        2
> 8/10/89-17/10/89    9
> 18/10/89        2
> 
> Biograph.status: status to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8
> 
> NOTE: Statdate will be the last confirmed presence (not a midpoint). 
> Members and census will end at the statdate. The recorded absences after 
> the statdate will not be entered.
> 
> RAL
> 
> ERROR:      RAL: 1982-05-01: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:     In members and census after statdate. 30/04/82 RAL in group 
> 2, 01/05/82 RAL seen alone (demog note in Hook’s grp). 03/05/82 RAL seen 
> alone and far away (demog note in Hook’s grp). This is the last time he 
> was seen.
> 
> Solution:     Statdate: Change to 03/05/82
> Members and Census to delete: remove records between (and including) 
> 04/05/82-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: Change RAL to alone (group 10) between 
> (and including) 01/05/82 - 03/05/82 *see note
> Biograph.status: Change status to alive (0) not missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8
> 
> NOTE:     Decision was made to place RAL as alone in between the two 
> days he was confirmed to be alone.
> 
> POS
> 
> ERROR:      POS: 1991-01-23: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:     In members after statdate of 23/01/91. This statdate is 
> also wrong. Was censused 21/01/91 and absent 25/01/91. Statdate was the 
> midpoint between these two days. However, POS is censused in group 2 for 
> half of February and then on 08/03/91. Demography note also places him 
> in hook’s on this day. He is absent for good on 12/03/91.  POS in group 
> 99 from 24/01/91-30/09/93
>        
> Solution:     Statdate: Change to 08/03/91 * see note
> Members and Census to delete: remove records between (and including) 
> 08/03/91-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change:  Change all group 99’s to group 9,
> 
> Date            Group
> 5/01/91        2       
> 9/01/91-20/01/91    9   
> 21/01/91-24/01/91    2       
> 25/01/91-15/02/91    9       
> 16/02/91-4/03/91    2
> 5/03/91-7/03/91    9
> 8/03/91        2
> 
> Biograph.status: status to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
> Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8
> 
> NOTE: Statdate will be last confirmed presence (not a midpoint). POS 
> will be placed in group 9 on recorded absences that occur before the 
> statdate.
> 
> KWA
> 
> ERROR:      KWA: 1992-01-21: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-09-30, the last census date
> 
> Details:    In members after statdate of 21/01/92. Also, members may be 
> incorrect. KWA censused as absent in grp 2 on 24/08/91 but in members in 
> grp 2 that day. KWA was censused as present after 24/08/91 but KWA is in 
> group 99 in members from 25/08/91-30/09/93. It is unclear from the 
> demography notes in Hook’s group if he should be noted as with the group 
> or alone (27/08/91 and 27/09/91). He is censused on both those days but 
> the notes say he was alone. Not sure of the procedure for that 
> situation. KWA was censused as absent for all of September 1991 except 
> for one census on 27/09/91. No reference to him in group 2 again. 
> 13/10/91 KWA seen alone at airstrip (demog notes group 2). 21/01/92 Seen 
> at group ranch campsite (OGN group 2).
> 
> Solution:     Statdate: OK
> Members and Census to delete: remove records between (and including) 
> 22/01/92-30/09/93
> Members and Census to change: * see note
> Date            Group
> 27/07/91-28/07/91    9
> 29/07/91-05/08/91    2
> 06/08/91        9
> 07/08/91-23/08/91    2
> 24/08/91-26/08/91    9
> 27/08/91        10
> 28/08/91-26/09/91    9
> 27/09/91        10
> 28/09/91-12/10/91    9
> 13/10/91        10
> 14/10/91-20/01/92    9
> 21/01/92        10
> 
> Biograph.status: status to alive (0) instead of missing (3)
>         Biograph.dcause: remove dcause of 8
> 
> NOTE:  It was decided that the demog notes that place KWA as alone 
> should override the
> censuses that places him with the group on 27/08/91 and 27/09/91. KWA is 
> placed in group 9 for the time that he was censused as absent from group 
> 2? KWA is NOT places as alone in between the dates he was seen alone. He 
> is placed in place in group 9 between the confirmed sightings where he 
> was alone?
> 
> SOD
> 
> ERROR:      SOD: 1993-06-11: Statdate of live individuals must be = 
> 1993-10-20, the last census date
> 
> Details:    In members SOD is found in group 1.1 from birth (03/02/1990) 
> until 2nd last day that he shows up in members (19/10/93). On last day 
> in members (20/10/93) he is in group 1.3. Statdate is listed as 
> 11/06/93. SOD was censused in the field in 1.3 on 11/06/93. However, he 
> was also field cenused in 1.3 before this time and after (until 
> 26/01/95). The field censuses for February 1995 do not look complete. 
> Not sure if SOD was there or not. SOD is not found in Demography notes, 
> OGN, or OG censuses through 2003.
>     
> Solution:    Statdate: Change to 26/01/95 * see note
> Members and Census to delete: NONE
> Members and Census to change: Change to grp 1.3 between (and including) 
> 01/06/92-19/10/93, change origin to M and D on 01/06/92  * see note
> Members and census to add: add records between (and including)
> 21/10/1993 -26/01/95 placing SOD in grp 1.3
> Biograph.status: NO CHANGE
> Demog Note: 01/06/92: This is a somewhat arbitrary date chosen by SCA 
> (September 2005). SOD was born during the fission and his mother died 
> when he was 1.5 years old. He spent a lot of time between the two 
> groups. The decision to place SOD in group 1.3 on 01/06/92 is a stop gap 
> solution to fix a conversion error. There is very little data during 
> this period and there are incomplete censuses. There is more information 
> in the field notebooks. This situation will be remedied if the fission 
> is eventually accounted for in more detail in Babase.
> 
> NOTE:  The original statdate of 11/06/93 is definitely incorrect. He was 
> in 1.3 until 26/01/95. This is the last complete census I could find for 
> Proton’s.
> 
> SOD was flip-flopping between 1.1 and 1.3 a lot around this time but we 
> have very scattered data. We need a detailed note in demog explaining 
> that this was during the fission. He was born during the fission and his 
> mother died when he was 1.5 years old. A solution is to place him in grp 
> 1.3 (Proton’s) as of 01/06/92. This is a somewhat arbitrary date (picked 
> by Susan) and this is definitely a stop gap solution. There is very 
> little data during this time period and there are incomplete censuses. 
> This situation will be remedied if the fission is eventually accounted 
> for in more detail in Babase. Demog note should go on 01/06/92. The 
> entry for this date should have origin M and D (as discussed during 
> conference call)
> 
> FRA
> 
> ERROR:      FRA: BIOGRAPH.Statdate cannot be less than 
> DISPERSEDATES.Dispersed unless individual is alive
> 
> Details:     Disperse date (29/12/93) is after statdate (20/12/93). This 
> disperse date most likely occurred due to a typo. The statdate is 
> calculated as the midpoint between 20/10/93 (group censused that day) 
> and 19/02/94 (the next time the group was censused).  FRA was censused 
> as absent on 19/02/94. So statdate is 20/12/93 but disperse date was 
> listed as 29/12/93.
> 
> Solution:     Statdate: Change to 20/10/93 * see note
> Members and Census to delete: NONE
> Members and Census to change: change origin to M and D on 20/12/93 * see 
> note
> Biograph.status: Change to alive (0) instead of dead (1).
> Biograph.dcause: Delete dcause of 8
> Biograph.disperse: Change to 20/12/93 * see note
> Demog Note:    20/12/93: SCA made this decision September 2005 while 
> correcting conversion errors.  The disperse date will be 20/12/93 while 
> the statdate will be 20/10/93. The disperse date is calculated as the 
> midpoint between last day censused present and the first day censused 
> absent. There is so little data during this time period and this is 
> consistent with how SCA calculated disperse dates in the past.
> 
> NOTE:  Statdate is 20/10/93 (the last day censused as present) and 
> disperse date is 20/12/93 (the midpoint between  last day censused 
> present and the first day censused absent). Susan decided to calculate 
> the disperse date this way. It is more consistent with how she has 
> calculated them in the past. This is during a time period where there is 
> very little data (no census data in between October 1993 and February 1994).
>