[Babase] Changing Immigrant Male Census Data

Susan Alberts alberts at duke.edu
Wed Nov 18 10:34:37 EST 2009


This problem is historic, it has always been true in the database, all  
of these are males that date from the original version of babase. It  
has been on our list for a long time, but we are just now getting to  
it now that other more urgent data entry issues are being addressed.

Susan


On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Jeanne Altmann wrote:

> Wow, that feels like a lot of animals. Do you see a pattern in this  
> problem? My guess is that what you plan is right, but it is Karl &/ 
> or Niki who will know—and then please see if a change is needed in  
> the documentation. I think Niki is at a prenatal appointment this  
> morning, so we shouldn’t assume she is w/baby yet but you may not  
> get a response right away from her).
> jeanne
>
> From: babase-bounces at eeblistserv.princeton.edu [mailto:babase-bounces at eeblistserv.princeton.edu 
> ] On Behalf Of Lacey Maryott Roerish
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:20 AM
> To: The Baboon Database Project
> Subject: [Babase] Changing Immigrant Male Census Data
>
> Good morning,
>
>    This message is primarily for Karl/Niki (if Niki is still sans  
> baby).  I have a list of 25 immigrant males who have a matgrp of 9,  
> but who, instead of being in group 9 from birth until their entry  
> date, are actually shown to be in their 'entry group' at birth.  I  
> have, for all of these males, the list of actual dates when they  
> should enter our population.
>     What I am not sure of is, if I simply change the date prior to  
> their entry date to group 9... will it interpolate back to 9 for the  
> rest of their young lives.... do I have to make incremental changes,  
> do I just change their group at birth date and group at the day  
> before entry?
>     I have tried reading through the documentation but it isn't  
> obvious to me what the best method is to get babase to understand  
> that these males are really in grp 9 until their entry dates.
>
> Any input?
>
> Thanks
> Lacey
>
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> Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
> Alberts Lab
> Department of Biology
> Duke University
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> fax: 919-660-7293
> Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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Susan Alberts, Dept of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham NC  
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