Methods for Collecting Data
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Please give me some guidance on how to go about collecting data that could be used to answer the following questions:
1) How many texts do you receive in a day?
2) How much sleep do you get each night?
3) How much does your weight change over two weeks?
4) What is your average pulse rate at different times in the day?
5) How much money do you spend eating out vs. what you spend on groceries?
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Here are some other examples of data collection methods that I think could work for you and would generate data that would be fun to work with:
(1) At the same time each day (say 8:00 pm, for example) look at your cell phone and count the number of text messages that you received that day. By doing your count each day at 8:00 pm you guarantee that you're counting the number of text messages that you receive in a 24-hour period (or at some other time of the day, but make sure that it's ...
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