I completely agree that, once you understand the need for percentages, the information you mention would be very helpful. I was trying to explain, in a simple way, why a percentage is even needed, which was a question I think someone asked.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk>wrote: > Bruce, > > That is a very specific instance, and in my files one which is very rare. > Given the multitude of options between a record at census a) and the > possibility of finding someone in census b) living at the same place in my > files is not very common, it would be more than useful to know what > weighting Legacy puts on the Place field in Events, and/or which Events - > or > any other fields/Events for that matter, and what weighting is put onto > other factors such as age etc.. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > From: Bruce Jones > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 6:59 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List options > > That should be no other "places" are entered in Legacy. > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Bruce Jones <juicebo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Here is how I see it. > Say a person was born in location A, and died in location B and no other > dates are entered in Legacy.. > At the time of the census, he could have been living in A or B or somewhere > else. > The program has to "guess" where he was living at the time of the census. > If the date of the census is closer to his birth than his death, the > program > will probably "guess" he was living at A during the census. > But since his family could have moved immediately after his birth, the > program can't be sure that is where he was during the census so it assigns > a > percentage. The closer the census date is to his birth date the higher the > percentage. > Make sense? > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Ron Ferguson <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> > wrote: > I agree that the Help Files description is very, very imprecise. I took my > first degree in the sciences which included pure maths, and hence > statistics. I still am not able to come to a definite conclusion as to the > meaning in Help, nor can I safely conclude what is the best way of using > the > tool because of the lack of clarity. It has been mentioned before on this > list, when we asked for at least an indication of the algorithm used to > arrive at the percentage is given. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Brown > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:24 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Census List options > > Percentage of probability > > > > Don Brown > Orangeville, Ontario, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Hickin [mailto:pph...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:20 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List options > > Thanks, Randy, I guess I'm obtuse but I still don't get it! What does > "location percentage " > mean? -- I thought percentages had to do with numbers, not with places. > > Percentage of what?? > > Thanks, > Pat > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Randy Clark <ceddaco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Found in Legacy Help: > > > > *Exclude individuals from the Report with location percentages less > > than X % *- Each location Legacy finds is given an estimated location > > > percentage dependent upon the location's date and how close was to the > > census date. Locations with low percentages can be excluded from the > > census report by selecting a percentage value as the minimum acceptable. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Pat Hickin <pph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Whatever does this sentence in Census List > Report Options mean? > >> "Exclude individuals from the Report with location percentages less > >> than (50--or whatever) %" > >> > >> I never ever heard of a location percentage. > >> > >> Pat > >> > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
