[Babase] UNK or 998 in actor_actees

Lacey Maryott Roerish lkm9 at duke.edu
Tue Jun 22 09:18:48 EDT 2010


Karl,

      I am working on uploading Psion data, and in having a discussion
with Susan, it became apparent that we need to be able to have unk actor or
actee for the purpose of the point samples.
For adlibs that DO correspond to the focal animal, we need to be able to
look at frequencies of aggression/grooming, even if we don't know who it is
from.
For adlibs that DO NOT correspond to the focal animal, interactions with UNK
actor or actee will be dropped, as we would with the handwritten data.

I think it makes the most sense to use 998 as opposed to UNK, as this is
what the team is used to entering in the Psions, but that is just my
intuition. If UNK would be better for some reason (aka keeping numbers and
characters seperate), I think that is ok too.

Is it simple to make this change?

Cheers!
Lacey

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