Bruce, The problem with this lack of information may just be be due to the way my mind works. I think mainly in pictures, so if I read, say, a percentage then I may see a slider set at that %, or a sliced orange, I’m sure that you get the idea, but usually I relate this to the context, and for 50% of a location I cannot do this. Basically I cannot picture the meaning from the information given, so it largely becomes meaningless.
The effect is that if I think of adjusting the probability selection I have no confidence in the possible outcome, because I do not know for certain what I am doing. I really do hope that Legacy will amend the Help file to make this option much more understandable. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: Bruce Jones Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:18 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Census List options 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
