03 · OPEN LAB

Is it progress—or ordinary variation?

Paste repeated measurements from the same test. The lab compares two windows while keeping uncertainty visible.

YOUR MINI STUDY

Test a sequence.

Use 6–20 values collected with the same equipment, surface, warm-up, and timing method.

EXAMPLES

Vertical jump: higher is better. Sprint time: lower is better.

Better performance is
Enter at least six values, choose a direction, and analyze.
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Why two windows?

Comparing early and recent averages reduces the influence of a single personal best.

02

Why standard deviation?

It gives the change context: the same improvement means more when normal variation is small.

03

Why an interval?

A range communicates uncertainty more honestly than one decisive-looking estimate.