PHYS 1003 Study Guide - Standard Deviation
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The purpose of this experiment is to measure visual and audible reaction times and compare them. To run the experiment two switches were used one which started the timer and the other which stopped it. For the visual stimulus measurement, the person reacting to the stimulus focused on when the digits began counting on the clock. As soon as the digits move the stop switch was pressed and the time was recorded. As for the audible stimuli it was necessary to look away from the clock and focus only on the sound from the switch being hit against the table. When the sound was heard the stop switch was pressed and time was recorded. The procedure adopted for taking the data was basic, a switch pressed to start a timer and a switch pressed to stop it when the reaction was stimulated. A problem that was not expected during the experiment was within the starting switch.
