Your 'timer program' report has been received. Scroll down through the document to see any comments I might have inserted, and my final comment at the end.
** Your General Comment **
** Describe what you see on your first 10 clicks **
The numbers 1 - 10 appeared, followed by a pair of values.
** Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks **
1 1.263 1.263
2 1.423004 .1600037
3 1.598999 .1759949
4 1.783005 .1840057
5 1.943008 .1600037
6 2.111008 .1679993
7 2.303009 .1920013
8 2.471008 .1679993
9 2.647003 .1759949
10 2.822998 .1759949
11 3.007004 .1840057
12 3.175003 .1679993
13 3.367004 .1920013
14 3.559006 .1920013
15 3.719009 .1600037
16 3.863007 .1439972
17 4.031006 .1679993
18 4.182999 .1519928
19 4.359009 .1760101
20 4.535004 .1759949
** Your average time interval for 20 time intervals **
30.05
None of your quick-click intervals is greater than .2 seconds. The average simply can't be 30.05 seconds. Note even if you include that initial 1.2 second interval (which isn't a quick-click interval and shouldn't be included in the first place).
I just did a simple average.
** Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed) **
.1439972, 1
.1519928, 1
.160037, 3
.1679993, 5
.1760101, 1
.1759949, 4
.1840057, 2
.1920013, 3
** Your general comment to this point **
** Why did you observe only certain time intervals? **
I doubt that it means it's useless, but my bet is that there is some unseen variable written into the code that's used to help determine the interval. Just a guess, though.
Good. Actually it's internal to the code of the program the program is written in.
** What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals? **
It seems to use the difference in the time intervals to determine what the next time interval is.
** Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths: **
15.1709
4.327026
4.728027
4.327026
3.807983
3.088013
3.694946
2.544067
3.591919
3.848022
** Your general comment to this point: **
** Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice? **
With a greater amount of time between clicks, it would seem that there is much more room for error.
** Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ... **
b
Just a guess. Seems accurate enough, but it would be difficult to determine without a whole lot of testing.
** Copy of a few lines of your spreadsheet from the TIMER program. **
1 15.1709 15.1709
2 19.49792 4.327026
3 24.22595 4.728027
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If you count how long it took me to get the timer working in the fist place, then a little over an hour. Otherwise, about 15 minutes.
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