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
I see the number of the event on the far left, the running time in the center, and the interval between clicks on the right side.
Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks
1 403.5469 403.5469
2 403.7188 .171875
3 403.9063 .1875
4 404.0938 .1875
5 404.4063 .3125
6 404.9063 .5
7 405.0938 .1875
8 405.3906 .296875
9 405.5781 .1875
10 405.75 .171875
11 405.9219 .171875
12 406.1094 .1875
13 406.2813 .171875
14 406.4531 .171875
15 406.625 .171875
16 406.8125 .1875
17 407.0469 .234375
18 407.1875 .140625
19 407.3906 .203125
20 407.5938 .203125
21 407.8125 .21875
22 408.0938 .28125
Your average time interval for 20 time intervals
.20234375
I go the number by adding up the first 20 time intervals and then divided them by 20.
Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed)
.171875, 6
.1875, 6
.203125, 2
.3125, 1
.5, 1
.296875, 1
.234375, 1
.140625, 1
Your general comment to this point
Why did you observe only certain time intervals?
The times were placed in the certain intervals that applied to the specific time achieved for each click of the mouse.
What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals?
The difference from one time interval to the next varies between three different numbers that produce the same time interval when combined with the one before it.
Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths:
1845
3.125
3.5
3.453125
3.796875
3.28125
3.8125
4.015625
3.96875
3.890625
Your general comment to this point:
Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice?
There is a difference in the time intervals between each breath.
Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ...
B.
If the answer were C. or D. then the same time interval would not be occuring 4 or 5 times.
Copy of a few lines of your spreadsheet from the TIMER program.
1 1845 1845
2 1848.125 3.125
3 1851.625 3.5
4 1855.078 3.453125
5 1858.875 3.796875
You have good data and clear answers to questions.
After the due date we will be discussing this experiment further via an online forum.