Re: ONT Re: Data Models, Ontologies, Logic
Jon,
Two questions below, about the shape of the data.
Jim
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> "So what does your data look like?"
> "What is the meaning of this code?"
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> | Family Interaction Analysis (FIA) |
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> Chapter 1. Shape of the Data.
JF: Are we assuming that the user comes in with the file header
and the columns of data? If so, what does the user want to do with
the data, and how does modeling the data as records in the space X
help her achieve her goal?
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JA:
> A data record x is an element in the space X, where:
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> x = <x_0, x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5, x_6>.
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> X = X_0 x X_1 x X_2 x X_3 x X_4 x X_5 x X_6.
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> X_j = {0, 1, ..., c_j_max}.
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> For j = 0 to 5, c_j_max is small.
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> For j = 6, c_j_max is large.
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> Here is an initial segment of an individual data file,
> a set of records from a single session of observation:
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> A file header that describes the observational session:
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> | TRL FAMILY SESSION FOCUS OBSERVER FAMILY MEMBERS MO/DY/YR HR:MN |
> | 1 MXYZ 1 1 22 13000000 12/03/86 12:58 |
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> The data, ta da!
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> | Family Interaction Transitions, Observational Data (FIT.OBS) File |
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> | 0 -00100 0
> | 0 99999 0
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