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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 May;42(5):1029–1037. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181c37458

Appendix Table 3.

Depiction of how the coefficient of variation (CV) is calculated for six 10 second epochs for the 2006 Crouter 2-regression model and refined 2-regression model.

Time Counts
per 10-s
CV for
2006
Crouter 2-
regression
model
CV
Forward
5
CV
Backward
5
CV
back 1
forward
4
CV
back 2
forward
3
CV
back 3
forward
2
CV
back 4
forward
1
Lowest
CV
13:02:10 918 1.670 1.67 1.67
13:02:20 907 3.15 1.67 1.67
13:02:30 936 3.46 3.15 1.67 1.67
13:02:40 923 23.95 3.46 3.15 1.67 1.67
13:02:50 927 56.65 23.95 3.46 3.15 1.67 1.67
13:03:00 893 58.76 1.67 56.65 23.95 3.46 3.15 1.67
13:03:10 858 60.204 60.2 3.15 58.76 56.65 23.95 3.46 3.15
13:03:20 877 69.24 3.46 60.2 58.76 56.65 23.95 3.46
13:03:30 421 23.95 60.2 58.76 56.65 23.95
13:03:40 0 56.65 60.2 58.76 56.65
13:03:50 556 58.76 60.2 58.76
13:04:00 996 60.2 60.2

CV = standard deviation ÷ mean * 100; Use of the 2006 Crouter 2-regression model results in a 60 second walking bout (13:02:10 to 13:03:00), however using the refined 2-regression model shows that the walking bout was 80 seconds long (13:02:10 to 13:03:20).