[Babase] statdate questions
Jeanne Altmann
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:45:21 -0400
sorry to be slow on this;
I think we need to go with last confirmed presence and be sure that we use
the status code that we use for males when we really just don't know
whether they are alive or dead,
jeanne
At 08:46 AM 9/9/2004 +0300, you wrote:
>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
>>
>>--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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