Friday, August 25, 2017
Summer Inputting Challenge - Update
Here are the totals, as of this morning, for our summer inputting challenge. This is the number of soldiers completed, as of this morning, since June 23.
Project 1 - 491
Project 2 - 295
Total - 786
We are entering the final week of our challenge with 14 soldiers to complete to meet our goal. I'm sure you can do it. Good luck!
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Progress as of August 23
Here is our progress report as of August 23, 2017.
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Project
1
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Project
2 - USCT
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n = 8,500
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n = 4,500
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Total
soldiers complete
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7113
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2413
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Soldiers
completed during last week
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54
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19
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Soldiers
w/o children (to be removed from sample)
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640
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421
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% of
completed soldiers w/o children
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9.0
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17.4
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Soldiers
with children complete
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6473
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1992
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% with
children complete
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76.2
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44.3
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Monday, August 14, 2017
Summer Inputting Challenge - Update
Here are the totals, as of this morning, for our summer inputting challenge. This is the number of soldiers completed, as of this morning, since June 23.
Project 1 - 410
Project 2 - 243
Total - 653
We have about 3 weeks left in our challenge and 147 soldiers to complete to meet our goal. I think you can do it. Good luck!
Project 1 - 410
Project 2 - 243
Total - 653
We have about 3 weeks left in our challenge and 147 soldiers to complete to meet our goal. I think you can do it. Good luck!
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Reminder - Times
This is just a reminder that you should pay attention to your inputting times. Please be cognizant of the amount of time you're spending on each soldier.
Our general rule of thumb is that if the soldier has 5 children, try not to spend more than 5 hours on the whole family. If the soldier has 2 children, try not to spend more than 2 hours. If the soldier has no children, try not to spend more than an hour. I recognize that sometimes a family will take a little longer than this rule suggests. I've been noticing that, for many of you, the total time you've been spending on each soldier (based on your logs) is creeping up. Please be more aware. If your soldier has 8 kids, and you've already spent 6 hours working on 3 of them, then you need to speed up.
We are currently behind in our inputting. That is, we're behind where we need to be to finish collecting the sample on time. So, please look at your logs, and if you're going a little too slowly, please try to cut your times a little. You're all good inputters, and I'm confident you can do this.
Our general rule of thumb is that if the soldier has 5 children, try not to spend more than 5 hours on the whole family. If the soldier has 2 children, try not to spend more than 2 hours. If the soldier has no children, try not to spend more than an hour. I recognize that sometimes a family will take a little longer than this rule suggests. I've been noticing that, for many of you, the total time you've been spending on each soldier (based on your logs) is creeping up. Please be more aware. If your soldier has 8 kids, and you've already spent 6 hours working on 3 of them, then you need to speed up.
We are currently behind in our inputting. That is, we're behind where we need to be to finish collecting the sample on time. So, please look at your logs, and if you're going a little too slowly, please try to cut your times a little. You're all good inputters, and I'm confident you can do this.
Monday, August 7, 2017
Summer Inputting Challenge - Update
Here are the totals, as of this morning, for our summer inputting challenge. This is the number of soldiers completed since June 23.
Project 1 - 356
Project 2 - 223
Total - 579
We have about 4 weeks left in our challenge and 221 soldiers to complete to meet our goal. I think you can do it. Good luck!
Project 1 - 356
Project 2 - 223
Total - 579
We have about 4 weeks left in our challenge and 221 soldiers to complete to meet our goal. I think you can do it. Good luck!
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Progress as of August 2
Here is our progress report as of August 2, 2017. You completed a lot of families. Great job!
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Project
1
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Project
2 - USCT
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n = 8,500
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n = 4,500
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Total
soldiers complete
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7006
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2358
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Soldiers
completed during last week
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72
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43
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Soldiers
w/o children (to be removed from sample)
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633
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406
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% of
completed soldiers w/o children
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9.0
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17.2
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Soldiers
with children complete
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6373
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1952
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% with
children complete
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75.0
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43.4
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Wednesday, August 2, 2017
July 2017 checking stats
In July, we checked 42 soldiers under our system. All of the checks were supposed to be quick, but six of you decided to do full checks anyway.
I've reviewed all of the checks, and I've tallied the number of differences. Some of these are errors, and some are judgment calls. Here are the categories and the total number of differences for each category.
GRID Errors
MILIN?/MAR? - 5
Missing HH member - 2
Duplicate people - 0
Wrong person - 0
Other - 2
Inferred Relationships
Incorrect relationships - 3
Census Errors
Name - 22
Typo/Reading/Wrong - 59
State Code - 0
Missing/Wrong URL - 0
Missing data - 14
Additional finds - 19
Quality Code - 16
Death Errors
Typo/Reading/Wrong - 12
Missing data - 24
Missing/Wrong URL/Source - 14
Quality Code - 4
Additional finds - 6
Tree Errors
Missing/Incorrect information/relationships - 14
The total number of differences for all 42 soldiers is 216. This is 163 fewer differences than May, when we checked 42 soldiers. This drop in errors is to be expected since most of the soldiers were quick checked, so fewer differences would be found. Some differences/errors affect the data more than others. If we checked other pensions, we'd probably find similar differences. Some mistakes are inevitable, but please pay close attention so that the number of errors can be minimized.
I've reviewed all of the checks, and I've tallied the number of differences. Some of these are errors, and some are judgment calls. Here are the categories and the total number of differences for each category.
GRID Errors
MILIN?/MAR? - 5
Missing HH member - 2
Duplicate people - 0
Wrong person - 0
Other - 2
Inferred Relationships
Incorrect relationships - 3
Census Errors
Name - 22
Typo/Reading/Wrong - 59
State Code - 0
Missing/Wrong URL - 0
Missing data - 14
Additional finds - 19
Quality Code - 16
Death Errors
Typo/Reading/Wrong - 12
Missing data - 24
Missing/Wrong URL/Source - 14
Quality Code - 4
Additional finds - 6
Tree Errors
Missing/Incorrect information/relationships - 14
The total number of differences for all 42 soldiers is 216. This is 163 fewer differences than May, when we checked 42 soldiers. This drop in errors is to be expected since most of the soldiers were quick checked, so fewer differences would be found. Some differences/errors affect the data more than others. If we checked other pensions, we'd probably find similar differences. Some mistakes are inevitable, but please pay close attention so that the number of errors can be minimized.
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