[Babase] reproductive state data

Jeanne Altmann babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:42:44 -0500


We have been discussing various aspects of the cyles, sex skin, cycstat, 
and repstat data.  This is a status report:

1. As noted by Steph this past spring, many t dates are missing in the 
cycles tables.  We determined that most of them just were not scored, and 
all were from pre-BABASE days. We agreed to leave them until it was more 
pressing, and that time has come.  Laurence has now listed all cycles with 
missing t or d dates, and I shall start checking them, scoring as 
appropriate.  About 900 cycles are involved, almost exclusively from 1985-1995.

2.  For most years, sex skin size has not been entered nor on our list of 
information to be entered (I entered several years for the early 80's, 
Susan's lab entered scattered cycles from the late 90s for our effort to 
confirm that field scoring was ok.  For hormone analyses, we now would like 
the data on sex skin size for Dec 99 forward.  Leah will start with 2002 
and go forward (see email from Catherine and yesterday's emails).  We just 
decided that Laurence will start with Dec 99 now as she is ready for the 
size data.

3.  BABASE structure related to these 4 data types:  we (Catherine, Karl, 
Laurence, Jeanne) have had several meetings, will report shortly.

off to one of those meetings,

jeanne