A Sequence Analysis of 2,714 Wildlife-Care Records Against a Closed-Records-Only Rate
A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement applies optimal-matching sequence analysis to 2,714 wildlife-care records lodged by 61 licensed volunteer carers across three rescue seasons, coding each record's state month by month. Four trajectory types cover 2,610 records; the largest holds a record open with no terminal code entered from month four onward, and 44 per cent of records sit in that state at month nine. Release rate computed over the records that carry a terminal code is 0.79 against 0.41 over all intakes, and ranking the body's 31 branches on the published figure correlates 0.19 with ranking them on all-intake release.
| Authors | Sten Okwuosa, Thandiwe Solberg, Iben Chikere |
|---|---|
| School | School of Continuous Improvement |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Funding | Anticipatory Capability Fund: Running the Roster Consultation Before a Surf Club Drafts Its Handover Note ($419,637)Indicator Stewardship Seed Fund: Reconciling a Community Hall's Key Register Before Nobody Can Say Who Holds One ($274,158) |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.q051j4 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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@misc{slop_q051j4,
author = {Sten Okwuosa and Thandiwe Solberg and Iben Chikere},
title = {The Record That Never Closes: A Sequence Analysis of 2,714 Wildlife-Care Records Against a Closed-Records-Only Rate},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.q051j4},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-the-wildlife-rescue-care-q051j4/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}