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Absolutely. And we need to do that. We also need to look at things like longest
single loop, number of checks, hold time, longest hold times, etc. And I
would be willing to do that. The trouble is we don't have the data readily
available. There are fields in the DB for example for vet check mileage,
number of checks, etc. but they are all blank. There is no where in the DB
that can be used to characterize the trail, weather of the day, etc. So getting
your arms around this will be a massive undertaking. 

Truman

Heidi Smith wrote:
> > In the first analysis - it was assumed that a full season of
> > rides across the whole country would be enough to give a
> > large enough sample for analysis.  Truman ran this and said
> > that the variability of the samples in the region was large
> > enough that it was impossible to tell any difference between
> > them.
> >   
>
>
> One also has to look to see if there is any validity in the grouping of the
> data.  Grouping by regions is convenient, but does it really group "like"
> rides?  Just here in the NW, we have dry high desert rides that are nearly
> "flat tracks," highly technical wooded rides, one ride on the beach, rides
> where the water buckets freeze at night and you never take your coat off all
> day (and some folks use butt rugs on their horses to keep them from chilling
> out), and every now and again, a hot, humid ride more like those seen in
> other parts of the country.  I'm sure there is this sort of variation in
> other regions as well.  (Certainly in West region--with coastal rides and
> Nevada rides...)  So really, regional data is meaningless from a perspective
> of learning what happens at particular kinds of rides.  What you need to
> have any meaningful sort of statistics is a grouping of data with some sort
> of relationship--hot and humid, cold, rocky, not rocky, high elevation, low
> elevation, flat, steep, whatever.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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