Lesson 11: Reaction Time

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REACTION TIME
DATA REPORT
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Manual calculation of reaction time

1:

Calculate the reaction time for the first click in Segment

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C. Co-putison

of reaction time to number of presentations

Complete Table I 1.2 with data from the first fixed-interval trial (data Segment 3) and calculate
the mean for each presentation to determine if reaction times vary as the Subjects progress
through the series of stimulus events.

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l1: Reaction Time I

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Calculate the variance and standard deviation for 5 students with data from Segment 2: Pseudo-rundom
Triul 2 (Table I l 4) and from Segment 4: Fixed Intervul Trial2 (Table I I .5).

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II.
F.

Questions

Describe the changes that occurred in the mean reaction time between the
presentatron:

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and Table I L3:

Estimate the minimal reaction time when reaction time becomes constant:
What physiological processes occur befween stimuli presentation and pressing the
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Which presentation schedule had a lower group-mean? Pseudo-random

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Which of the presentation schedules seems to have ]gs_s_yafigltol (lower variance

and lower standard deviation)? Pseudo-random lFixed-intervii\

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and Table I 1.3:

State a plausible relationship between the difficuhy of a task and the reaction time
statistics: mean, variance, and standard deviation.

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