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 **
I see a combination of numbers ranging from 62.07813 to 70.375. The second colum appears to be the seconds are amount of time between each click or set of numbers.
1 62.07813 62.07813
2 64.97656 2.898438
3 66.14063 1.164063
4 66.89844 .7578125
5 67.51563 .6171875
6 68.05469 .5390625
7 68.67969 .625
8 69.21875 .5390625
9 69.78906 .5703125
10 70.375 .5859375
** Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks **
1 242.2734 242.2734
2 242.4922 .21875
3 242.6953 .203125
4 242.8906 .1953125
5 243.0938 .203125
6 243.2734 .1796875
7 243.4531 .1796875
8 243.6484 .1953125
9 243.8203 .171875
10 243.9922 .171875
11 244.1719 .1796875
12 244.3516 .1796875
13 244.5313 .1796875
14 244.7031 .171875
15 244.8906 .1875
16 245.0625 .171875
17 245.2422 .1796875
18 245.4297 .1875
19 245.5938 .1640625
20 245.9453 .3515625
** Your average time interval for 20 time intervals **
.1796875 Instead of averaging them all together, I evaluated the entire set of numbers and picked out the number that showed up several times more than any other number and I chose that one as the overall average.
** Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed) **
.1640625, 1
.171875, 4
.1796875, 6
.1875, 2
.1953125, 2
.203125, 2
.21875, 1
.3515625, 1
** Your general comment to this point **
I see that we are determining how the timer works and its accuracy. It is very interesting how many times the same numbers show up in a segment.
** Why did you observe only certain time intervals? **
I think that that the TIMER program reported that time so frequently because the time between time periods was so frequent and close that it was the constant overall number that showed up or the average. I had a number that showed up 6 times. Correct me if I am missing something here. This is something new to me.
I'm not sure why those certain times didn't show up. When working with the timer there is a chance that certain numbers aren't going to show up. The numbers are determined by the frequency of the timer clicks.
This does not mean the timer program is flawed and it seems to be very useful. I know it will be helpful throughout the course.
** What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals? **
Like the time interval column there are several numbers that are repetitive and the difference doesn't stay constant it changes up and down as it goes down the list. This just shows me that the timer program is very accurate and precise.
** Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths: **
5.304688
4.21875
4.1875
3.765625
3.875
3.78125
3.554688
3.601563
4.484375
** Your general comment to this point: **
Why are your numbers much higher than my numbers? Just curious.
** Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice? **
I think this occured because the time between clicks was a lot longer and therefore we wouldn't have the same numbers show up. I would expect the numbers to be changing on a different scale than before.
** Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ... **
I think that a. is the most accurate because I had several numbers that were the same and some of them were in direct sequence. That is my thoughts if this is incorrect please explain the correct answer.
** Copy of a few lines of your spreadsheet from the TIMER program. **
Timer Info
event number clock time time interval
1 2011.477 2011.477
2 2016.781 5.304688
3 2021 4.21875
4 2025.188 4.1875
5 2028.953 3.765625
6 2032.828 3.875
7 2036.609 3.78125
8 2040.164 3.554688
9 2043.766 3.601563
10 2048.25 4.484375
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approx. 1 Hour
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