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 a small box on the upper right that reads 10 753.531
The larger box below has numbers 1 – 10 listed vertically, with two rows of numbers on each line.
Your TIMER data from 20 fast clicks
21 1853 .171875
1 1850.141 1850.141
2 1850.297 .15625
3 1850.406 .109375
4 1850.578 .171875
5 1850.688 .109375
6 1850.859 .171875
7 1850.969 .109375
8 1851.125 .15625
9 1851.25 .125
10 1851.391 .140625
11 1851.516 .125
12 1851.672 .15625
13 1851.813 .140625
14 1851.969 .15625
15 1852.109 .140625
16 1852.234 .125
17 1852.391 .15625
18 1852.531 .140625
19 1852.688 .15625
20 1852.828 .140625
Your average time interval for 20 time intervals
.1118421053
I averaged mine. I could not see the easier way.
Your frequency distribution for the 20 time intervals (interval, number of times it was observed)
.109375, 3
.125, 3
.140625, 5
.15625, 6
.171875, 2
.1850.141
Your general comment to this point
Still waiting for the punchline.
Why did you observe only certain time intervals?
I'm sure it isn't useless.
What did you see when you looked at the differences between time successive time intervals?
This appears to be fairly regular. We establish a pattern of clicks. But wouldn't it be different if we were actually timing something?
Your time intervals for 7 complete breaths:
6.3125
4.53125
4.640625
4.890625
4.359375
4
Your general comment to this point:
Mine did not follow your pattern.
Why did you rarely, if ever, observe that same time interval twice?
Since we were actually timing an event, we did not create a regular pattern of clicks.
Do you think this program is accurate to .1 or .01 ...
The TIMER program is capable of determining the time between two events accurately to within about .0001 second.
If we are being honest with our timing, and not creating a false pattern by anticipating the event, this should be quite accurate.
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 3275.141 3275.141
2 3281.453 6.3125
3 3285.984 4.53125
4 3290.625 4.640625
5 3295.516 4.890625
6 3299.875 4.359375
7 3303.875 4
You have good data and your answers are well stated.
Once all experiments have been received, we will be discussing this experiment further via an online forum.