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Hob Feb 1, 2006 00:24:30
Replying to Rockrich

Those scary sheets! Blimey, I'm glad I missed the boat on that one. I thin I'm right in sayng it takes over an hour to record one motif? That's one hour in good conditions, without wind, rain, ninja attack-sheep etc. interfering (not to mention itinerant cup-spotters).

>If the data is pulled together & analysed properly, I'll be absolutely stunned & saddened for that >matter if some new theories don't emerge.

It's going to be a very large task, larger even than the monumental process of gathering the data in the first place.

confess to a slight concern that analysis could end up producing some shifty statistical artefacts, lies, damn lies and statistics as they say. However, if it's done well, as you say, there must be some signal amongst all the noise.

I might also produce some useful info on the threats to the continued well being of exposed RA from erosion, lichen, pine needle acid etc.

R Rockrich
Rockrich Feb 1, 2006 12:38:52
Replying to Hob

Hob, it's definitely one helluva chuffing scary document. I've managed to get completion down to 20mins, but that was for a rock with 1 cup & not a lot other stuff in the vicinity. Generally, it's taking me about 30-45mins per rock.

Agree with you about the analysis, theres certainly a danger of wayward interpretation sneaking into it. I doubt very much there'll be consistency across the teams recording, even though we've gone through the same training. One group thought they'd found an additional 40 marked rocks to Beckensall & to be honest some were laughable.

I hope after the analysis, they just don't come out with a theory, "RA is located near settlements, cairns / burial grounds & water courses", because it won't add anything new.