[Babase] POTENTIAL_DADS view can be tested-ish

Niki Learn nlearn at princeton.edu
Mon Oct 18 11:04:56 EDT 2010


> >>> One thing that should be fixed is the count of days the male was
> >>> present in the female's five-day window. Currently we have 6  
> >>> possible
> >>> days because I think you counted Z-day as well as the five days
> >>> prior.
> >>>
> >>> We only want the five days prior.
> >>
> >> Ok.  Do you want a male to be a potential dad if they were
> >> present on the zdate but not any of the 5 prior days?
> >
> > No

Ok.  And we don't want MCE related counts then too.

But all kid/mom group membership and age and status is still
computed based on zdate.  Right?


Niki writes:
That seems right to me, since that is the date we say the pregnancy began.  

But I am a little confused as to why we don't want to count the zdate as a
potential dad day.  There are definitely consortships that occur on the D
day and that is the day we are saying that the pregnancy begins so in theory
I would think mounts occurring on the zdate could lead to conception
(especially if deturg is in the afternoon), no?  Though I guess Courtney's
data indicates that deturg really occurs before the observers notice it.
But if conception never occurs on the ddate, why do we call the zdate on
that day?  Just trying to sort out the logic.  




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