Editing Results (section)

==First Trial==

Using the 0.0001 interval time and the 5 different lengths of cable, 4 separate trials of 10000 pings were ran for each of the 5 cable lengths. A histogram for each trial was fitted using a gauss fit, and the mean from the fit of each histogram was averaged to give the mean ping time for each length of cable. 



[[File:0001_20_trial2_gausscurve.jpg|center|frame|Histogram of round-trip time with 0.0001 interval time and 20 meter cable]]



The mean times for each cable length were plotted in the graph of Cable Length versus Average Time. The resulting plot did not follow a linear fit as expected, and instead had a relation resembling a sinusoid.



[[File:0001_lengthvtime.jpg|center|frame|Graph of round-trip time versus cable length with 0.0001 interval time]]


It was thought that the large amount of error and inconsistency in the data might be caused by the order in which data was collected. Previously, data was collected for all four trails for a single cable length, then the cable length was changed and data collected for all four trials again. In order to reduce this statistical error, data was collected one trial at a time, while alternating between cable lengths. This would make sure that experiment was not dependent on the time between trials. With this revision in the experiment design, data was again collected and plotted in a graph of Cable Length versus Time. Error bars were added to the graph, but the results were similar to the previous experiment.



[[File:Screen_Shot_2014-05-28_at_9.39.49_AM.png|center|frame| Graph of round-trip time versus cable length with 0.0001 interval time and alternating cable lengths]]