(5) It is not clear which values of ℎ𝑎𝑣 ± ∆ℎ𝑎𝑣 question is referring to.

Assuming that you

have done the experiment only once, we can consider the class result for these values
(second table) and list any two values which are greater than your values. Smaller value of
ℎ𝑎𝑣 ± ∆ℎ𝑎𝑣 means smaller reaction time as reaction time is directly proportional to the
square root of height.
Analysis:
(1) Calculating the percentage difference:
Average reaction time for human is 265 ms. The reaction time calculated by you is
0.102 s i.e. 102 ms.
Therefore, the percentage difference can be calculated as below:

𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 − 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒

𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = × 100
𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒

265 − 102
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = × 100
265

𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 61.5%

(2) Sample class reaction time ranges from 108 ms to 207 ms which is well below the
average human reaction time. The percentage variation is for the smallest reaction
time is 59.24 % and for largest reaction time is 21.88 %.
(3) Systematic errors are the errors that occurs due to fault of measuring device. In this
experiment, only measuring device involved is scale. The measurement of the
distance at which the scale was caught should be done consistently for all the
observations or else it may cause the systematic error. There can be error in the
signal for releasing the scale and actual release of the scale.
(4) If the person who is giving the signal for releasing the scale and the person who is
actually releasing the scale are different, then it can lead to error. This is because, if
the person releasing the scale doesn’t react to the signal of releasing the scale,
he/she may release the scale with slight delay, but that delay would provide enough
time for other person to be alert to catch the scale. He/she will be able to catch the
scale faster and thus reducing the his/her actual reaction time.
(5) To avoid above the error described above, if experiment involve two persons, the
person whose reaction time is to be measured should be catching the scale. The
person who is going to release the scale should give the signal of release. Also, the
point where the scale is caught should be measured consistently to avoid
inconsistency in measurement.