[Babase] One user's suggestion on rank data

Jun Yang junyang at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 14:07:47 EDT 2006


On 10/12/06, Russ Van Horn <rvanhorn at duke.edu> wrote:
...
> I think having access to the monthly matrices would allow
> users to evaluate the sample size used in determining an individual's
> rank within the context of the sample sizes of the other individuals;
> would it be possible to construct links/relations in the database
> from the ranks back to the monthly matrices? Again, I'm not that
> familiar with database construction, but if the ranker program is
> being modified then perhaps this is an appropriate time to consider
> this option.

Hi Russ:

That's a good idea and I think it can be incorporated fairly easily
into the new ranker we are developing. We can make the ranker
serve the additional purpose as a tool for visualizing the interaction
matrix (and other support information) associated with a ranking.

--- Jun Y.


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