timer program

Your work on timer program 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

1-10 labeled down the left side and the tenth is 48.40625 a few spaces and .40625

Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks

1 33.01563 33.01563

2 33.15625 .140625

3 33.3125 .15625

4 33.45313 .140625

5 33.60938 .15625

6 33.78125 .171875

7 33.92188 .140625

8 34.09375 .171875

9 34.26563 .171875

10 34.4375 .171875

11 34.59375 .15625

12 34.76563 .171875

13 35.07813 .3125

14 35.25 .171875

15 35.40625 .15625

16 35.57813 .171875

17 35.76563 .1875

18 35.92188 .15625

19 36.07813 .15625

20 36.26563 .1875

21 36.4375 .171875

Your average time interval for 20 time intervals

.17109375

multiplied each of the 5 time intervals by how many times they occurred then added the results and divided by 20.

Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed)

.140625, 3

.15625, 6

.171875, 8

.1875, 2

.3125, 1

Your general comment to this point

none

Why did you observe only certain time intervals?

What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals?

That the timer measures in increments of .015625 or rounded to .01563 when each increment is added or subtracted it is in the increment of .015625 sometimes the increment time doubles which is why we have .03125.

Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths:

5.59375

5.609375

5.875

5.375

6.40625

6.1875

5.921875

5.421875

5.203125

5.65625

Your general comment to this point:

You didnt say deep breaths.lol. With 5 kids this is relaxed as the breaths come.

Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice?

because the increment of .015625 is harder to get exact when measuring slower paced counts.

Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ...

b. Because the time measurement increment is in increments of .015625. It is possible for a measurement to be .012 so the closest would be to the .01 in accuracy.

Copy of a few lines of your spreadsheet from the TIMER program.

series of regular breaths time at beginning of inhalation

event number clock time time interval

1 1058.438 1058.438

2 1064.031 5.59375

3 1069.641 5.609375

4 1075.516 5.875

5 1080.891 5.375

6 1087.297 6.40625

7 1093.484 6.1875

8 1099.406 5.921875

9 1104.828 5.421875

10 1110.031 5.203125

11 1115.688 5.65625

Your responses have been reviewed and everything looks good. You gave excellent and insightful answers to the questions.
We just had a 10-day visit from our 5-year-old grandson, and my breaths are coming closer together than usual. Not as much stress as 5 kids, of course.