Averages

All averages are based on the whole and partial days you have chosen to include for analysis. Days that are entirely excluded will appear in italicized text in your analysis windows; they will not be included in the averages. To change the days or times included, click on the Edit Time... tab at the top of your file window, to show plots of all days in the file. Double click on the day you would like to edit. A window will open for that day. See the Edit Time... help section for further instructions on time selection.


Average Step Total
This is the average step total of all included days regardless of whether parts of the days are excluded. If you are only including entire days, this average will be the same as the Average Included Steps. Days that are entirely excluded are not included in this calculation. For days in which some time is excluded, the entire step count for the day is included in this calculation.

Average Included Steps
This is the daily average of steps taken during all included time. It is the sum of all included steps divided by the number of whole or partial included days.

Average Minutes at None, Low, Medium and High Activity
These variables reflect the the percentage time spent at each activity level during the included time relative to the total included time. The percentages are calculated using the total minutes accumulated at each level divided by the total included minutes for ALL days. They are not the numeric averages of the percentage for each day relative to the included minutes for THAT day.

Average Steps at Low, Medium and High Activity
These measures are the average steps per day accumulated at each activity level for all included time.

If you change your designations for Low, Medium, and High Activity Levels in your preferences your statistics will automatically be re-calculated once you re-open a data file. This does not affect records in the databse.


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