[Babase] More issues with newcycles and newcycstats

Laurence R Gesquiere (lgesquie@Princeton.EDU) babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:15:58 -0500


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> > I've also noticed that if there is no tdate, the mdate was not
> > estimated. This problem will probably be solved when we will 
> enter  
> > the
> > tdate but I just wanted to mention it to you anyway.
> 
> I bet the m date was estimated in newcycles, but nothing
> shows in newecyclestats.  Yes?  When you don't have a
> transition date then you won't have anything in newcyclestats
> -- both endpoints are required.

NO, THERE IS NO MDATE IN NEWCYCLES EITHER.
> 
> > 
> > Thank you so much for your help.
> 
> Your welcome.
> 
> > Laurence
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:55 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Babase] Issues with newcycles and newcycstats
> > 
> > >
> > > On 02/16/2005 10:52:56 AM, Catherine Markham wrote:
> > >
> > > > It seems the heart of the trouble is a problem in newcycles -
> > > it
> > > > looks like mdates were calculated only for resumes after a
> > > pregnancy,
> > > > as opposed to all cycles other than resumes.
> > >
> > > Oops.  Yes.  Fixed.
> > >
> > > The logic was obviously backwards.  I re-ran the program to
> > > make sure it ran but did not look at the results so double
> > > check for me please.
> > >
> > > >  One of the
> > > > ramifications in newcycstats arising from the incorrect
> > > newcycles
> > > > table is that there are gaps from ddate to next tdate if an
> > > mdate is
> > > > not present in newcycles.
> > >
> > > Yes.  This remains the case.  Because there are no GAPS table,
> > > when there's
> > > a missing transition marker (Mdate, Tdate, Ddate, whichever)
> > > then there's no way to know when one state starts and the next
> > > stops.  So the program leaves the whole thing unrecorded.
> > >
> > > Cathrine,
> > >
> > > I'm off the computer now so you can use it.
> > >
> > > Karl <kop@meme.com>
> > > Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> > >                 -- Robert A. Heinlein
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> Karl <kop@meme.com>
> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
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