[Babase] Re: Fwd: Re: question about Psion - URGENT

Karl O. Pinc kop at meme.com
Mon Feb 27 14:11:12 EST 2006


Forwarded to the list for archival purposes.

On 01/18/2006 12:19:03 PM, Susan Alberts wrote:
>> From: "Amboseli Baboon Research Project" <babsat at stratosnet.com>
>> To: "Susan Alberts" <alberts at duke.edu>
>> Cc: "Jeanne Altmann" <altj at Princeton.EDU>
>> Subject: Re: question about Psion - URGENT
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:33:19 +0300

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Alberts" <alberts at duke.edu>
>> To: "Amboseli Baboon Project" <babsat at stratosnet.com>
>> Cc: "Jeanne Altmann" <altj at Princeton.EDU>
>> Sent: Tuesday, 17 January, 2006 00:22
>> Subject: question about Psion - URGENT
>> 
>>> Dear Raphael, Serah and Kinyua,
>>> Hallow Susan,
>>> I am writing to confirm some data entry rules for Psion. Tell me if  
>>> this is correct.
>>> 
>>> If your focal animal grooms or has an agonism, mount or consort  
>>> during the focal sample, you record this IN THE PSION and NOT in  
>>> your handwritten notes.
>> 
>>> For grooming and agonisms, We record on the psion. But for the  
>>> mounts and consorts, they appear in both places.
>> 
>>> On the other hand, if you see a grooming, agonism, mount or consort  
>>> during a focal sample that does NOT INVOLVE your focal animal, you  
>>> record this in yourhand written notes but NOT in the Psion.
>>> 
>>> Is this correct?
>>> Yes.
>>> In other words, if you are doing a focal sample on ABB and you see  
>>> an interaction between ABB and ECH, you record it on the Psion and  
>>> you don't write it down. BUT, if you are doing a focal sample on  
>>> ABB and you see an interaction between ECH and an adult male or  
>>> anyone else that is not ABB, you record it in your handwritten  
>>> notes and NOT in the Psion. Is this correct?
>>> Yes.
>>> Thanks, we are checking to clarify, Karl is working on the Psion  
>>> data and want to be sure we understand correctly.
>>> Thank you too,
>>> Susan
>>> -- Team
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Susan Alberts, Associate Professor
>>> Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham NC 27708
>>> phone 919-660-7272  fax 919-660-7293
> 
> 
>-- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Susan Alberts, Associate Professor Department of Biology, Duke  
> University, Box 90338, Durham NC 27708 phone 919-660-7272  fax  
> 919-660-7293
> 
> 

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