[Babase] Agonism Grooming Issue Update
Susan Alberts
alberts at duke.edu
Tue Mar 27 21:58:59 EDT 2007
Just clarifying a point ---see below...
>After a conference call between Susan, Karl and myself today, a
>decision was reached about how to handle to Agonism data. We found
>that before 1995 agonisms were pushed to the first for the most
>part, with a few data points scattered throughout the later days of
>the month. It was decided that since it is impossible to know the
>validity of the dates prior to 1995 that every instance of grooming
>should be pushed to the first.
You mean, every instance of agonism prior to 1995 should be pushed to
the first, yes?
> This will include any data which do not currently fall on the first
>being moved to the first, so that there should be no data
No agonism data, to be specific, yes?. We have not yet decided for
grooming, as you specify below.
>existing on any day but the 1st of each month for all years before
>1995. 1995 through current will be assumed to have true dates for
>agonism. Grooming is not so straight forward, and we are in the
>process of figuring out whether or not before 1995 grooming was
>entered in the same fashion as agonism or if they were treated
>completely differently. I am going to take some time to search
>through the database to determine if data were pushed to the first
>on every instance or not before coming up with a single concrete
>rule, or group of rules for treating grooming data. With these
>issues resolved, Karl will be ever closer to that fated day of
>conversion!!! YAY!
Yay indeed!
Thanks,
Susan
> I will continue to keep you all apprised of further developments
>about grooming data.
>
>Cheers,
>Lacey
>
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>Lacey Maryott
>Department of Biology
>Duke University
>ph: 919-660-7306
>fax: 919-660-7293
>Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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