[Babase] One user's suggestion on rank data

Russ Van Horn rvanhorn at duke.edu
Mon Oct 16 21:15:59 EDT 2006


Hi all,
   Thanks for your comments on how users might better assess rank 
data. If it were possible, I think it would be great if the ranker 
program, or perhaps semi-'canned' queries, could be constructed in a 
way that users of rank data could explore the data underlying the 
assigned ranks. Although I realize these types of data exist in other 
formats (e.g., matrices in notebooks, etc.), my impression is that 
it's currently a fairly time-consuming process for users to access 
those formats. Thus, at present users may be tempted to use the 
assigned ranks without fully evaluating those assignments. I confess 
that's what I've done! Again, thanks for your comments, and for 
accepting my two cents worth of input.
   Time for me to head west-

Russ
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