[Babase] statdate questions
Susan Alberts
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:46:05 +0300
Steph, this makes sense.... but, the only problem with taking
mother's statdate is that in some cases the kid may have
died/disappeared before the mother's statdate. in principle i think
it is fine to use mother's statdate if there is no other info but we
shouldn't do that in cases where the kid disappeared if we can help
it.
S
>There are 9 animals for which we have this problem. I think the
>only problem with looking at the last confirmed presence is that it
>will likely be different from other lodge group members statdates
>(for example the moms). Perhaps we should just go with whatever
>moms statdate is listed as? Daphne, any thoughts?
>
>-s
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>--On Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:29 AM +0300 Susan Alberts
><alberts@duke.edu> wrote:
>
>>This is a sticky problem. One suggestion (not a decision, just a
>>suggestion, others should provide input) is that you check in the
>>original data sheets, to see when the kid in question was last confirmed
>>present, and then entering a manual stat date. For some kids the mom's
>>statdate might provide a clue. How many are there?
>>
>>Susan
>>
>>>Hi again,
>>>
>>>Statdates - we have several blank statdates. 2 are from Proton's
>>>group and the others are lodge group. They are from when we stopped
>>>seeing them much. So, what we have is the knowledge that a
>>>particular female had an infant, usually we couldn't tell the sex,
>>>and then we haven't properly censused the groups again. I'm
>>>guessing that they are missing statdates because these kids weren't
>>>really named and so might not have been on the computer census
>>>sheets for the update (hence statdate not getting automatically
>>>generated). What to do? Shall I go for a manual entry? If so, what
>>>should I use as a cut off date?
>>>
>>>please stay tuned for my next question...i can feel it coming...
>>>-steph
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