Can Your Body Tell the Time of Day? (NOTE: If you have thought of a statistics project that you would prefer to tackle instead of the one described below, contact me. I’ll try to make an equivalent project using your particular topic of interest.) Objective: You will measure how body temperature and reaction time vary throughout the course of a day, as well as related questions. In particular, you must address each of the questions below.  Question 1: At what time of the day is the body temperature highest? When is it lowest? How much difference is there? Are body temperatures between midnight and noon significantly different than body temperatures between noon and midnight? Question 2: At what time of the day does reaction time peak? When is it the worst? How much difference is there? Are reaction times between midnight and noon significantly different than reaction times between noon and midnight? Questions 1 & 2 again: According to William Garrett, "Reaction time peaks in the early evening at the same time as the maximum body temperature. This is partially because the nerve conduction velocity increases 2.4 meters per second (m/s) for every 1°C increase in body temperature." (Garret, William E., Exercise and Sport Science. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999, p. 354.) Do you agree or disagree with Garrett? Question 3: Is there a strong relationship between the reaction time measurements from the “Sheep Tranquilizer Game” and the “Hit the Baseball Test”? Question 4: On average, is the human body temperate 98.6

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You will write a report that answers the questions above. You will use SPSS to do the statistical analysis. You should answer the questions by applying all relevant class material. In particular, you should discuss your sample, construct appropriate graphs, calculate appropriate numerical measures, and make appropriate