[Babase] Fwd: Canine Conditions
Susan Alberts
alberts at duke.edu
Thu Jul 29 08:30:35 EDT 2010
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Lacey Maryott Roerish <lkm9 at duke.edu>
> Date: July 23, 2010 3:21:30 PM EDT
> To: Susan Alberts <alberts at duke.edu>, Jeanne Altmann <altj at princeton.edu
> >, Niki Learn <nlearn at princeton.edu>, Karl Pinc <kop at meme.com>
> Subject: Canine Conditions
>
> I am finding myself struggling to come up with a succinct list of
> canine conditions from the various notations that are made in the
> field. I have attached text files (zipped so hopefully susan can
> view) of all of the different descriptions that are used.
>
> It is definitely the case that 'Sharp','Good',and 'Blunt' are the 3
> most commonly used descriptions, however I'm not sure that any of
> them accurately encompass things like 'worn, tip broken' etc. These
> seem like they could fit into 'blunt' but I didn't know if I should
> make that kind of generalization without running it by you all.
>
> Information such as "chipped/broken' etc is redundant with the
> toothstates data, so it may also be hard to decide how to code those
> which just say 'tip broken' as there is no way to know if it is
> sharp or blunt...
>
> The count in the attached files refers to the number of times that
> description is used for the column.
>
> Lacey
>
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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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Susan Alberts, Dept of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham NC
27708, 919-660-7272 (Ph), 919-660-7293 (Fax)
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