Kris+W+SF

Title:--Reaction Time Problem:--Can being focused on another activity greatly affect one's reaction time? Hypotheses:--If someone is focused on something, then their reaction tie will be lengthened. Procedure and have them complete the game to receive a control for the lab. Trials for the control should not be counted if the participant received a 3 for any of the sheep because the 3 seconds throws the actual average off by a little bit. Have them do this once.
 * 1) 1. Have the subject go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf
 * 1) 2. For the second trial, have the person play the game -Copter- at [], but sync two stopwatches for the tester and the testee so that they time starts ticking when the game begins. The participant should be playing the game with their stop __watch__ in hand at the same time. The tester will be having a bell, and when the tester rings their bell, have them hit their stop watch at the same time. When the testee hears the bell, they are to hit their buzzer and their stopwatch, at the same time. Subtract the tester’s time from the testee’s time to get a time. Repeat this 5 times and average the times together.


 * 1) 3. For the last exercise, have the person read the instructions to the “New York Time, Gauging Your Distraction” game and have them play this game at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html . Gather the results at the end. Have them do this test once.



Materials List: Data Table:
 * 1) 1. Computers
 * 2) 2. Stopwatches
 * 3) 3. Bell
 * 4) 4. Buzzer

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(sec) |||||||||| <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Distraction (sec.s slower) || 11/17/11 SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE SECOND EXPERIMENT, A __NEW__ DATA TABLE, AND CHANGE IN MATERIALS
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#4 || <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#5 ||^   ||

PROCEDURE #2 and have them __complete__ the game to receive a control for the lab. Trials for the control should not be counted if the participant received a 3 for any of the sheep because the 3 seconds throws the actual average off by a little bit. Have them do this once.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Have the subject go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. For the second trial, have the person play the game -Copter- at [], but sync two stopwatches for the tester and the testee so that they time starts ticking when the game begins. The participant should be playing the game with their stop watch in hand at the same time. The tester will be having a BUZZER, and when the tester rings their BUZZER, have them hit their stop watch AS SOON AS THEY HEAR IT. When the testee hears the bell, they are to hit their stopwatch. Subtract the tester’s time from the testee’s time to get a time. Repeat this 3 times and average the times together.

DATA TABLE #2 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Distraction (sec.s slower) || MATERIALS #2 1. Computers 2. Stopwatches 3. Buzzer
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. For the last exercise, have the person read the instructions to the “New York Time, Gauging Your Distraction” game and have them play this game at <span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">. Gather the results at the end. Have them do this test once.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Name || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 ||^   ||

11/17/11 ANOTHER CHANGE OF DATA TABLE

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your Distraction || 11/17/11 gathered materials and camera ready for tomorrow. 11/18/11 First Day of Testing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Regular reaction time at gates (sec) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Seconds slower while texting || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Percent of Gates missed ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distraction || 11/20/11 CHANGE TO GRAPH I realized that the regular reaction time category was not needed because i made a mistake in seeing that the 2.5 which everyone is getting is on of the categories of numbers in the bar graph below. Regular reation time for each gate was the title of the graph.
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Regular reaction time at gates (sec) || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Seconds slower while texting || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Percent of Gates missed ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Coby Ward || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.2702 ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.39 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Randi Warner || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3766 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">00:20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">00:40 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">00:52 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.51 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">33 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Katelyn Witmer || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.401 ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.65 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">48 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jonathan Devita || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.2722 ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2.5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.35 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distraction || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">11/20/11 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">tested myself for experiment
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Seconds slower while texting || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Percent of Gates missed ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Coby Ward || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.2702 ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.39 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Randi Warner || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3766 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">00:20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">00:40 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">00:52 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.51 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">33 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Katelyn Witmer || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.401 || 00:80 || 00:33 || 00:42 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.65 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">48 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jonathan Devita || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.2722 || 00:39 || 00:45 || 00:32 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.35 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distraction ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Seconds slower while texting || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Percent of Gates missed ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kristopher Ward || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.2702 ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">0.39 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6 ||

12/20/11 SECOND DAY OF TESTING
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sheep Average

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(sec) |||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Copter Challenge (sec) |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Gauging Your <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distraction || 1/5/12 MORE TESTING
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">#3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Seconds slower while texting || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Percent of Gates missed ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cary Anderson || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.286 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:40 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:52 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.53 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">27 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Emily McGinn || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3242 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:61 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:27 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:38 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">0.47 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">27 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Abbie Miller || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3136 ||  ||   ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">0.45 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tyler Broadwater || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3228 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:27 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:27 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:38 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">0.48 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chris Ward || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3463 || 0.48 || 0.54 || 0.67 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">0.42 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">27 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Betty Ward || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0.3763 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:53 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:60 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">0:63 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">0.53 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">32 ||

Finished Testing for Katie Witmer, Jonathan Devita, Coby Ward, Chris Ward, and Abbie Miller Tested for Graeme Nelson, Drew Landis, and Chance King

1/8/12 reworded hypothesis and change in title.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">If a subject is exposed to an external source, then their reaction time will lengthen if they are focused on a different external source.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 28px;">Title: How Fast Are You?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 28px;">1/8/12 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 28px;">Final Science Fair Project.