Terik please proofread this.

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(Chart)
Violent game/Systolic Range Average/Diastolic Range Average
day 1- 117 77
day 2 120 79
day 3 121 80
day 4 122 81
day 5 123 82
day 6 125 83
day 7 127 84
day 8 129 85
day 9 131 86
day 10 134 87



Non-Violent game/Systolic Range Average/Diastolic Range Average
day 1- 115 75
day 2 118 77
day 3 119 78
day 4 120 79
day 5 121 80
day 6 123 81
day 7 125 82
day 8 127 83
day 9 129 84
day 10 132 85


Please respond ASAP

[Louise]

(Chart)
Violent game/Systolic Range Average/Diastolic Range Average
day 1- 117 77
day 2 120 79
day 3 121 80
day 4 122 81
day 5 123 82
day 6 125 83
day 7 127 84
day 8 129 85
day 9 131 86
day 10 134 87



Non-Violent game/Systolic Range Average/Diastolic Range Average
day 1- 115 75
day 2 118 77
day 3 119 78
day 4 120 79
day 5 121 80
day 6 123 81
day 7 125 82
day 8 127 83
day 9 129 84
day 10 132 85


Please respond ASAP

James,
People have told you many times how this board works. You will not get a response ASAP. Experts are assigned one or two day a week. They check the board on that day a few times and respond to new questions/new threads. They also will respond to any old threads that they have answered previously. Sometimes, we have extra time, and you may get a quick answer, but demanding help ASAP doesn't work, and after you have been told the system, it just looks like you are being rude.

You also have several threads open. If you kept everything in the same thread, then Terrik would be more likely to see you new question.

Lastly, this is a list of numbers... what is there to proofread? Please post back with what your question is, and remember that everyone here is a volunteer. We are helping you in our free time.

I suggest you look at the data analysis section of the science fair project guide on this site, which I believe I gave you a link to in another thread.
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentorin ... ndex.shtml

This should help you determine how to graph your data and draw conclusions from the results. It is also good to include the standard deviations. For example, on day 10, the violent average was 134/87 and the non-violent was 132/85. If the standard deviatation was 0.5, then maybe there is a difference. If the standard deviation is 1 or 5 or 10, then there is no difference. Also, the standard deviation is more meaningful the large the number of measurements. If you only studied a few people in each group, then it may be difficult to draw conclusions.

Why do you think the blood pressure in both groups went up?

There is a phenomenon called "white-coat hypertension", which is when a person is afraid of the doctor (who wears white lab coats) and gets very nervous when they go to the doctor's offices. As a consequence, their blood pressure is much higher than the normal values. In a relaxed setting, where they are not nervous, the "normal" value can be measured. So, were your test subjects becoming nervous about having this measurement done? Sometimes it can hurt when the cuff is tight... maybe each day your subjects liked the project less and less each day... and were more nervous. Did you have any complaints, or did people act differently about having the blood pressure taken?


Louise

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Louise has been very thourough. I would take her advice and include standard deviation and sample size in your project as well. If you need help with either of these, let me know.