This ZF_Pers_Cog_README.txt file was generated on 2022-05-17 by Lisa Barrett

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Data from: Links between personality traits and problem-solving performance in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
2. Contact information of principal investigator:
   Dr. Lisa Barrett, University of Wyoming
   Lisapbarrett.Lpb@gmail.com
3. Date of data collection: 2016-2018
4. Geographic location of data collection: Laramie, Wyoming, USA

DATA AND FILE OVERVIEW

1. File list and description
   List of files included in Dryad repository for "Links between personality traits and problem-solving performance in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)" by L.P. Barrett, J.L. Marsh, N. Boogert, C.N. Templeton, S. Benson-Amram

Data:
GenAct20162018Series.csv
Description: Short-term and long-term repeatability of general activity level

NovObjBothYearsSeries.csv
Description: Short-term and long-term repeatability analysis of neophobia measures

WIG_Repeatability.csv
Description: Short-term repeatability analysis of dominance measures

MirrorNew.csv
Description: Long-term repeatability analysis of aggression measures

StartleRepeatNew.csv
Description: Long-term repeatability analysis of risk-taking behavior

HopsNew.csv
Description: Long-term repeatability analysis of number of hops (obstinacy measure)

CatchNew.csv
Description: Long-term repeatability analysis of time to catch (obstinacy measure)

bothyears.csv
Description: Personality and problem-solving performance for captive zebra finches

R Script:
ZFPersCogRCode.R
Description: Script to perform repeatability analyses and model selection for the links between personality and problem-solving performance

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods for data collection:
   Please see Barrett et al. (2022) for details on data collection and processing

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
GenAct20162018Series.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Year: 2016 (coded as 1) or 2018 (coded as 2)
   Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
   Trial: Trial (1 or 2)
   Act: General activity level
2. Units of measurement: Activity level measured as number of movements
3. Missing data codes: NA

NovObjBothYearsSeries.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Year: 2016 (coded as 1) or 2018 (coded as 2)
   Trial: Trial (1-6)
   LatFeed: Latency to feed next to novel object
   Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
2. Units of measurement: Latency to feed measured in seconds
3. Missing data codes: NA

WIG_Repeatability.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Trial: Trial (1-10)
   Time at Feeder (sec): Time spent at feeder

Times Feeding: Number of times fed from feeder

Times Win: Number of times bird remained in place after interaction at feeder
Total Interactions: Number of times a bird interacted with another bird at feeder
Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
2. Units of measurement: Latency to feed measured in seconds
3. Missing data codes: None

MirrorNew.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Trial: Trial (i.e., Year: 1 for 2016, 2 for 2018)
   MirrorRate: Number of times a bird interacted with the mirror divided by minutes of observation
   Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
2. Units of measurement: see MirrorRate
3. Missing data codes: None

StartleRepeatNew.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Trial: Trial (i.e., Year: 1 for 2016, 2 for 2018)
   StartleFeed: Latency to resume feeding after being startled
   Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
2. Units of measurement: StartleFeed measured in seconds
3. Missing data codes: NA

HopsNew.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Trial: Trial (i.e., Year: 1 for 2016, 2 for 2018)
   StruggleHops: Number of hops beneath a net
   Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
2. Units of measurement: See StruggleHops
3. Missing data codes: None

CatchNew.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Trial: Trial (i.e., Year: 1 for 2016, 2 for 2018)
   StruggleCatch: Time to catch bird
   Sex: Female (coded as 1) or male (coded as 2)
2. Units of measurement: StruggleCatch measured in seconds
3. Missing data codes: None

bothyears.csv

1. Variable list:
   ID: bird ID number
   Bird: bird's full ID with leg band combination
   Sex: Male (coded as 0) or female (coded as 1)
   AvgTimesFeed: Average number of times feeding (averaged across trials in 2016)
   AvgFeedLat2016: Average latency to feed next to novel object (averaged across trials in 2016)
   AvgFeedLat2018: Average latency to feed next to novel object (averaged across trials in 2018)
   AvgFeedLat2Yr: Average latency to feed next to novel object (averaged across 2016 and 2018 averages)
   AvgAct2016: Average activity level (averaged across trials in 2016)
   AvgAct2018: Average activity level (averaged across trials in 2018)
   AvgAct2Yr: Average actvity level (averaged across 2016 and 2018 averages)
   AvgIntxns2016: Average number of interactions at feeder (averaged across trials in 2016)
   AvgWins2016: Average number of wins at feeder (averaged across trials in 2016)
   AvgTimesAtFeeder2016: Average number of times at feeder (averaged across trials in 2016)
   StruggleHops2016: Number of hops beneath net in 2016
   StruggleHops2018: Number of hops beneath net in 2018
   AvgHops2Yr: Average number of hops beneath net (averaged across trial in 2016 and 2018)
   String: Whether or not solved string-pull task (coded as 0 for unsuccessful, 1 for successful)
   Lid: Whether or not solved lid-flip task (coded as 0 for unsuccessful, 1 for successful)
   Wire: Whether or not solved wire-removal task (coded as 0 for unsuccessful, 1 for successful)
   AvgLatSolve: Average latency to solve tasks in seconds (averaged across the three tasks)
2. Units of measurement: Please see above
3. Missing data codes: NA