What is the effect of hand dominance on reaction time?

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What is the effect of hand dominance on reaction
time?

• purpose

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Hypothesis

• The dominant hand will be quicker than the
  non-dominant.

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Materials

• Ruler
• Calculator
• 28 people
• table

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Procedure

• 1. Drop ruler between fingers of dominant hand.
• 2. Drop ruler between fingers of non-dominant
  hand.
• 3. Record distance fallen for each.
• 4. Perform calculations for hangtime.

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Results

• Dominant
• 24cm-.22 sec
• 23cm-.22 sec
• 20cm-.20 sec
• 24cm-.22 sec
• 21cm-.21 sec
• 28cm-.24 sec
• 22cm-.21 sec
• 17cm-.19 sec
• 21cm-.21 sec
• 12cm-.16 sec
• 25cm-.23 sec
• 16cm-.18 sec
• 20cm-.20 sec
• 8cm-.13 sec
• 14cm-.17 sec
• 17cm-.19 sec
• 11cm-.25 sec
• 17cm-.19 sec

• Non-dominant
• 30cm-.25 sec
• 30cm-.25 sec
• 23cm-.22 sec
• 18cm-.19 sec
• 19cm-.20 sec
• 13cm-.16 sec
• 20cm-.20 sec
• 28cm-.24 sec
• 22cm-.21 sec
• 23cm-.22 sec
• 24cm-.22 sec
• 23cm-.22 sec
• 24cm-.22 sec
• 10cm-.14 sec
• 12cm-.16 sec
• 24cm-.22 sec
• 5cm-.10 sec
• 19cm-.20 sec

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Results-averages

• Dominant
• 18.4cm-.19 sec

• Non-Dominant
• 20.3cm-.20 sec

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Results-Graph
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Conclusion

• The hypothesis was correct. The dominant hand had
  a quicker reaction time by about 5.