Week 6: Data Collection

Eugene j -

Hey everyone! I’m finally back on track with my posts.

I am starting the process of collecting the data for my project. As a review of my data collecting, I am getting data shared through the Apple Health App. I am working with Ms. Titone, who owns an iPhone, to get all the data into an Excel Spreadsheet. The Health App can connect to many types of health watches, but each type gives slightly different data types. At the moment, I will be collecting all the data available, and then after I have the data, I will analyze and compare all the data. Ms. Titione has emailed out to all BASIS staff for volunteering their data for my project.

The specific data they volunteer for the project is found under the tags “Activity” and “Heart.”

These are 

Active Energy                    Activity                    Exercise Minutes

Flights Climbed                Physical Effort       Resting Energy

Stand Minutes                  Steps

Walking+Running Distance                            Workouts

Cardio Fitness                  Heart Rate              Heart Rate Variability

Resting Heart Rate         Walking Heart Rate Average

 

Not every health watch collects all of this data, but they collect most of it, and I will focus on these variables. The data collection goes back 6 months to October 2024. I will be collecting weekly averages or ranges of these variables. This way, I will get about 25 data points for each variable from each person. I hope 6 months will be a long enough time to notice any health improvements. I have to manually copy the data from the Health App into the spreadsheet, but luckily, it doesn’t take too much time. Here is an example of some data.

Time Frame Oct 6-12 Oct 13-19 Oct 20-26 Oct27-Nov2 Nov 3-9 Nov 10-16 Nov 17-23 Nov 24-30 Dec 1-7
Person
Sex
Age
———- —– —– —– —– —– —– —– —– —–
Active Energy     cal 1725 1560 1647 953 891 972 694 456 674
Cardio Fitness/VO2 Max 42.6 42.7 43.2 43.2 42.7 41.3
Exercise Minutes 17 99 99 56 25 60 10 10 21
Flights Climbed 15 9 23 19 14 11 5 10 9
HRR bpm 22 22 23 23 23 25
Stand Minutes 280 319 314 184 212 192 157 102 143
Steps 27108 25820 25412 15312 14359 15471 8963 7020 10007
Walking + Run Distance  mi 12.6 11.6 11.6 7 6.5 7 4 3.2 4.6
Walking HR 88 83 86 87 89 88 88 95 91
Workouts      hr;mins 3;3 1;40 2;17 2;17 2;10 ;14 ;41
Cardio Recovery/HRR 22 22 23 23 23 25
HRV 28 27 26 27 26 24 26 22 23
HR Ranges 46-151 55-157 42-142 52-145 40-145 55-140 59-139 40-159 57-151
RHR 68 64 67 67 68 70 69 72 72

 

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    mae_b
    Hi Eugene! When you are looking for health improvements, will you be looking for individual improvements over the course of the 6 months, or will you be comparing the average over the 6 months to baseline health data?
    April 7, 2025 at 9:07 am - Reply
      eugene_j
      I'm not necessarily looking only for improvements over the six months. However, there are notable changes in health in response to exercise, which I will examine.
      April 22, 2025 at 11:39 am - Reply
    mason_t
    Hi Eugene, will you be looking for health improvements specifically, or will you be looking for any changes whatsoever (positive or negative)? Thanks!
    April 7, 2025 at 8:20 pm - Reply
    samantha_g
    Hi Eugene, do you have a specific number of people that you hope to get data from?
    April 8, 2025 at 3:11 pm - Reply

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