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Trapping table fields N_sampling_months and Months_of_sampling don't always match #3

Open dmcglinn opened 10 years ago

dmcglinn commented 10 years ago

For example, see these lines in which the field N_sampling_months is equal to 2 but there are more than two months listed in the field Months_of_sampling. Any ideas why this would be taking place?

ethanwhite commented 10 years ago

No idea on this one. @fluby and @sarahsupp, either of you understand this off the top of your head?

sarahsupp commented 10 years ago

Just a guess off the top of my head without looking, it's been awhile since I worked on this dataset... I'm on my phone...is one a number and the other a list of the months? If yes, then they might not match if sampling took place on an uneven schedule or over multiple calendar years. Our if number months is total duration, but not all months were sampled, then the lengths could be different. I can't really look at any of this until next week or the week after. I'm moving and traveling.

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fluby commented 10 years ago

These discrepancies arise because of trapping on multiple plots. Each plot was trapped twice in 2 different months, but trapping on each plot did not happen in the same month. For example, line 254, the reference described the trapping as follows: 'The first trapping session for each plot was conducted between the months of April and June and the second was conducted between the months of July and October.' Does that make sense?

Thanks! Kate

sarahsupp commented 10 years ago

That sounds right to me. Maybe if it is confusing to dataset users we could make the metadata more clear?

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These discrepancies arise because of trapping on multiple plots. Each plot was trapped twice in 2 different months, but trapping on each plot did not happen in the same month. For example, line 254, the reference described the trapping as follows: 'The first trapping session for each plot was conducted between the months of April and June and the second was conducted between the months of July and October.' Does that make sense?

Thanks! Kate

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dmcglinn commented 10 years ago

Thanks for the helpful explanation @fluby and @sarahsupp! Adding a little more info to the metadata would probably be helpful.