[Babase] Fixing census data errors

Catherine Markham babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:31:56 -0500


Hi Karl,

We've recently discovered several errors in the census date recorded on 
the field datasheets.  In a few cases, the team marked an incorrect date 
(for example, they indicated a census was done on the 12th instead of 
the 13th).  Other times, a census date was skipped entirely (for 
example, the census data for the 15th was completely omitted but all 
dates that were recorded/entered are correct).

My question for you is how exactly do I handle these changes in BaBase?  
For the times where census dates were recorded incorrectly, can I 
manually make changes in the census table and then run reinterp to fix 
members?  For the instances where a date was completely missed from a 
census, I'm thinking I could make a census dbf file with only that one 
date and then run valcen, upcen, and reinterp.  Is that right? 

Thanks for your help and hope things are going well,
Catherine