[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
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>fax: 919-660-7293
>Lacey.Maryott at duke.edu
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