Reaction Time Test
- · Get a 30 cm ruler
- · One person holds the ruler near the 30cm mark and hangs it vertically
- · The other person places their thumb and index finger either side of the 0cm mark ready to catch it when it falls- their fingers shouldn't touch the ruler
- · Without warning the person holding the ruler lets go and the subject tries to catch the ruler as soon as possible- to prevent guessing, vary the time before letting go.
- · The level(in cm) just above the subjects first finger where the ruler was caught is recorded
- · The same person is tested five times and the mean average of their results is calculated (add all five numbers together divide by five)
- · Swap over and test your partner
Name
|
1st attempt
|
2nd attempt
|
3rd attempt
|
4th attempt
|
5th attempt
|
Average
|
Reaction time (ms)
|
Rating
|
Millie
|
16 cm
|
11.5 cm
|
19 cm
|
18 cm
|
14 cm
|
15.7 cm
|
170
|
Excellent
|
Darby
|
17 cm
|
13 cm
|
18 cm
|
15cm
|
11 cm
|
14.8 cm
|
170
|
Excellent
|
Results
From the table below the ‘mean catch distance’ on the
ruler can be converted into a ‘mean reaction time in milliseconds’. 1
millisecond is one thousandth of a second.
Distance- reaction
|
Time conversion
|
table
|
|
Catch Distance
|
Reaction Time (millisecond)
|
Catch Distance (cm)
|
Reaction Time
(millisecond)
|
1
|
50
|
16
|
180
|
2
|
60
|
17
|
190
|
3
|
70
|
18
|
190
|
4
|
80
|
19
|
200
|
5
|
90
|
20
|
200
|
6
|
100
|
21
|
210
|
7
|
120
|
22
|
210
|
8
|
130
|
23
|
220
|
9
|
140
|
24
|
220
|
10
|
140
|
25
|
230
|
11
|
150
|
26
|
230
|
12
|
160
|
27
|
230
|
13
|
160
|
28
|
240
|
14
|
170
|
29
|
240
|
15
|
170
|
30
|
250
|
Reaction Time (milliseconds)
|
Rating
|
0-50
|
Ultra-Fast
|
50-130
|
Superb
|
131-175
|
Excellent
|
176-200
|
Good
|
201-240
|
Average
|
241-250
|
Fair
|
251+
|
Slow
|
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[accessed online] [March 25th 2013]
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