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. 2011 Dec 20;6(12):e29254. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029254

Table 2. Two examples of calculating multi-tasking score.

Example 1 Example 2
Total time CET 420 s 480 s
Stage 1
Total time 180 s 55 s
Time on 3 tasks simultaneously 20 s 11% 0 0%
Time on 2 tasks simultaneously 100 s 55% 0 0%
Time on 1 task 60 s 33% 55 100%
Stage 2
Total time 215 s 225 s
Time on 2 tasks simultaneously 55 s 26% 0 s 0%
Time on 1 task 160 s 74% 225 s 100%
Stage 3
Total time 25 s 200 s
Time on 1 task 25 s 100% 200 s 100%
Proportion of time spent on 3 tasks simultaneously 11% 11.00 0% 0.00
Proportion of time spent on 2 tasks simultaneously (55%+26%)/1.5 53.72 (0%+0%)/1.5 0.00
Proportion of time spent on 1 task (33%+74%+100%)/3 69.14 (100%+100%+100%)/3 100.00
Total Multi-tasking 133.86 100.00