However, in a critical setting, a patient with a normal pH, a high CO 2, and a high bicarbonate means that, although there is a high carbon dioxide level, there is metabolic compensation. As a result, one must be careful as to not artificially adjust breaths to lower the carbon dioxide.
The average reaction time is 0.1778 s for male students, 0.1950 s for female students, 0.2033 s male teachers, and 0.1878 s for female teachers (refer to the graph for the rest of the information: median, quartile, etc.).
A subject receives a rating according to his raw reaction times factored against a base state calculated from preparation for testing, life experience, age, physical fitness and state of attention. Scientists commonly test to measure reaction times for four different types of reactions: reflex, simple, complex and discriminative. Because reflex reactions, such as eye blinks, are instinctive, they usually take the shortest time. Simple reactions, which also have short reaction times, are those to ordinary, everyday stimuli, such as the response to a traffic light turning from red to green. Complex reactions, where a subject has to choose among multiple responses, have longer reaction times and involve choosing the appropriate response based on experience, but without advanced planning.