# Simple calculations (e.g. total distance moved, average velocity)

What do you want to do?

▪Calculate the results for the whole arena

▪Calculate the results per zone

Calculate the results for the whole arena

1. tip Smooth the tracks to get more realistic measures of distance. See Smooth the Tracks.

2.In the Experiment Explorer, click an Analysis profile, and then click the button next to the dependent variable if it is not already selected. For example, Distance moved or Velocity. In the Trial Statistics tab, select the statistics you want to calculate (for example, Total for Distance moved, and Mean for Velocity).

3.In the Experiment Explorer, click Statistics and Charts, then click the Calculate button.

Calculate the results per zone

1.Create a new Data profile or open an existing one.

2.Click the Settings button on the Result box. In the Result Settings window, select Results per zone.

3.Under Settings - For zones, select the zones you want to analyze your data for.

4.Under Settings - For body points, select which body points should be in the selected zones. This option is only available if you track the three body points.

5.Click OK.

6.In the Analysis profile, define the variables you want to calculate.

7.In the Experiment Explorer, under Results, click Statistics and Charts, then click the Calculate button.

Notes

▪The Zone exit threshold works this way: once the animal’s body point is detected in the zone, the animal is considered to be in the zone until its distance from the zone border exceeds that threshold. Use this option to remove false re-entries resulting from random movements of the body point around the zone border.

If you enter a value greater than 0, you make sure that when the animal exits the zone border for a short distance (less than the threshold), that data will be included in the results, for that zone. Click the button next to this option for an example. For more information, see In zone.

▪Select the Apply to all results if you want to copy the settings specified in the Results Settings window to other Result boxes. This applies if you have defined more than one Result box in that Data profile.