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 **
It starts a log of times between when the window is opened and each subsequent click
** Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks **
1 15.23389 15.23389
2 15.40625 .1723633
3 15.57813 .171875
4 15.75 .171875
5 15.92188 .171875
6 16.125 .203125
7 16.29688 .171875
8 16.48389 .1870117
9 16.68701 .203125
10 16.875 .1879883
11 17.04688 .171875
12 17.23389 .1870117
13 17.42188 .1879883
14 17.625 .203125
15 17.82813 .203125
16 18 .171875
17 18.18701 .1870117
18 18.375 .1879883
19 18.57813 .203125
20 18.73389 .1557617
21 19.29688 .5629883
** Your average time interval for 20 time intervals **
16.96938
I had to use the hard way but i do hope you are going to tell me the easy way i'm very curious.
** Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed) **
1557617 ,1
171875 ,6
1723633 ,1
1870117 ,3
1879883 ,3
203125 ,5
23389 ,1
** Your general comment to this point **
what is the short cut for finding the average?
** Why did you observe only certain time intervals? **
I believe it rounded off the numbers. NO the programs are not flawed
** What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals? **
The intervals matching the above interval is handed the same difference in intervals. I think.
** Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths: **
9.108887
8.437988
7.437012
7.203125
9.829102
7.812012
7.171875
10.45313
6.84375
** Your general comment to this point: **
ok I'm guessing im not very relaxed and you are slipping into a comma great
Most students report shorter intervals than you do.
Most people only use a small fraction of their lung capacity. The way I swim, it was either learn to use it all or drown.
** Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice? **
breathing generally has no pattern but random fast clicking does. there is only so fast your fingers will go but your breathing is subject to environmental and physical factors.
** Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ... **
d
It counted higher on several of my times so I feel it is accurate.
** Copy of a few lines of your spreadsheet from the TIMER program. **
breathing
event number,clock time,time interval
1 , 1201.125 , 1201.125
2 , 1210.234 , 9.108887
3 , 1218.672 , 8.437988
4 , 1226.109 , 7.437012
5 , 1233.312 , 7.203125
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Very good report, and the data is also fine.