Alternatively, I could wear both of them myself, take multiple measures, determine the skew of the more sensitive one and use that factor to normalize the numbers.
This looks like the more reliable correction, though. You should normalise by having the same dancer (which could be you), because the bouncing around that a dancer does is significantly different from flat-level walking, and I suspect that the differences between the two may be exacerbated by that.
This however would require additional record keeping to mark which dancer received which pedometer.
However, to eliminate this increased record keeping, I further suggest that once you've normalised the two (two or at most three full evenings of dancing, both worn by the same dancer, maybe one night lead one night follow), designate one as the "boy" pedometer and the other as the "girl" pedometer. Then you'll know from your own records which pedometer was which, and the correction factor is constantly applied to just one set of data.
It's been a while since I danced regularly, and I always danced follow, but I got the distinct impression we were having more fun and bouncing around a bit more than the leads. (Teacup chain particularly springs to mind). You might find stats skewed by people who style more than others.
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Date: 2006-09-01 04:38 pm (UTC)This looks like the more reliable correction, though. You should normalise by having the same dancer (which could be you), because the bouncing around that a dancer does is significantly different from flat-level walking, and I suspect that the differences between the two may be exacerbated by that.
This however would require additional record keeping to mark which dancer received which pedometer.
However, to eliminate this increased record keeping, I further suggest that once you've normalised the two (two or at most three full evenings of dancing, both worn by the same dancer, maybe one night lead one night follow), designate one as the "boy" pedometer and the other as the "girl" pedometer. Then you'll know from your own records which pedometer was which, and the correction factor is constantly applied to just one set of data.
It's been a while since I danced regularly, and I always danced follow, but I got the distinct impression we were having more fun and bouncing around a bit more than the leads. (Teacup chain particularly springs to mind). You might find stats skewed by people who style more than others.