Duration/Frequency Measurement Tool that I Developed

Tool to collect data on Duration and Response Latency

*This form is for those practitioners that prefer all data on one form.  Separate forms follow for more traditional recording of data.

Make sure that you have a timing instrument such as a wristwatch or stopwatch available prior to beginning your observations.

Procedure:  Use a new page for each date that you are observing behavior.  Each time the independent variable prompts the behavior, write the time under prompt.  Write the time the behavior starts in the next column, then the time the behavior ends in the behavior end column.  Enter the latency total (3^rd column), calculating the amount of time from the prompt until the beginning of the behavior.  Calculate the length of time the behavior lasted and write the total time in the last column.  Average latency may be calculated and entered at the bottom as indicated along with the total time of behavior.

Duration and Latency Data
OWNER NAME:			PET NAME:
DATE:			PET type:
BEHAVIOR:
prompt time	behavior start time	latency total Time		behavior end time	total behavior time
Totals:	Latency total time:			Behavior total time:
	Divided by # of observations
	Average  latency