Phy 122
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 timer has recorded 10 events. The results are outlined in 3 columns.
The first column displays the event number (1, 2, 3, etc.). The second column displays an event time (e.g. 1034.336). The third column displays the differential of events (e.g. 0.5351563).
It appears to me this timer is setup like a stop watch.
** Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks **
1 1566.582 1566.582
2 1566.785 .203125
3 1566.977 .1914063
4 1567.145 .1679688
5 1567.301 .15625
6 1567.473 .171875
7 1567.617 .1445313
8 1567.793 .1757813
9 1568 .2070313
10 1568.191 .1914063
11 1568.336 .1445313
12 1568.512 .1757813
13 1568.672 .1601563
14 1568.855 .1835938
15 1569 .1445313
16 1569.176 .1757813
17 1569.32 .1445313
18 1569.512 .1914063
19 1569.695 .1835938
20 1569.887 .1914063
21 1570.129 .2421875
** Your average time interval for 20 time intervals **
0.16525
** Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed) **
0.1445313, 4
0.15625, 1
0.1601563, 1
0.1679688, 1
0.171875, 4
0.1835938, 2
0.1914063, 4
0.203125, 1
0.2070313, 1
** Your general comment to this point **
** Why did you observe only certain time intervals? **
I think you achieved those intervals. Now...were they exactly controlled or is that just your uncoltrolled speed of clicking the mouse. Comparing your times to mine, I think the timer is working and good.
** What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals? **
I see a lot of repeat times of 0.1563 along with two additional times of 0.15625 (only a slight difference) that would indicate a lot of repeat times and maybe a flaw in the time. The other none-repeat times are exactly the same at 0.3125 intervals which are almost double the other intervals.
** Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths: **
5.6875
5.679688
4.832031
4.625
4.550781
4.746094
5.375
5.023438
5.015625
** Your general comment to this point: **
** Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice? **
Because our breathing is slower than our first exercise and we will not be able to click at the exact same point within a breathing cycle to replicate our time.
** Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ... **
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** Copy of a few lines of your spreadsheet from the TIMER program. **
Relaxed Breaths
event number clock time time interval
1 3999.527 3999.527
2 4005.215 5.6875
3 4010.895 5.679688
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40 minutes
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