Hi Big,
Thanks for using the application and for your feedback - I'll try to address the items you mention:
Would like to designate more arrows for practice - at least a dozen maybe more
This was raised earlier and I'm still mulling over how to handle, if at all - and I'm not too clear on the purpose (apart from hefty arrow tuning...). Can you enlighten me some more on the 'job being done'?
Confused about choosing each arrow number as they are pulled from the boss
Confused about correcting a mistake in scoring an arrow
Under the Arrows view, you can identify the (max 6) arrows you'll be shooting - using numbers only at the moment. These are then shown under the scoring face in the plotting view. As you score your arrows at the target, plot the position and then tap the respective numbered button to 'assign' that arrow. The next plot defaults to the first arrow - repeat until you get all identified arrows assigned.
Confused about when arrow number is blank, red or green. What does it mean?
When you start scoring, all arrow numbers/buttons are blank. When you plot your arrows, the last arrow assigned is red (this simply identifies it as the last shot). To 'undo' the shot - if you want to replot the arrow - tap the red button and it goes away, ready to be repositioned. Green arrow buttons simply show previously plotted arrows. As above, you can assign the last shot arrow (in red) to a blank button.
Here's a quick video showing how this works -
[video]http://eljetico.co.uk/images/xring_iphone_screenshots/xringPlottingShots.mov[/video]
Would like ability to plot bare shafts as separate group and show both fletched and BS groups on same chart
Would like to be able to score on GNAS field faces for practice and maybe marked competition rounds. I guess range would be problematic with unmarked ranges.
These will be future considerations as they are outside the simple scoring mechanisms in place at the moment.
Would like ability to record differing sets of arrows and different bows
This is in the works! But you can assign an arrow set to a shoot on the mobile at the moment, and update the bow used on the 'desktop' app.
What is meant by "% precision" and "% accuracy"?
Accuracy as used in xringscoring is a measure of how close the overall group center is positioned from target center. 100% accuracy would be all shots at dead center.
Precision is a measure of how close to the group center all shots are. 100% means all shots are grouped very tightly - on top of each other.
So, you may shoot a tight group to the far left of the center. In that case, accuracy is low but precision is high - maybe a windage change is required. Equally, you may shoot the majority of your shots on center but there are a number of outliers - your accuracy is high but precision is not so.
Why choose "mode" as a statistic?
Mode is simply the arrow score you shot most! I find it helpful to see, from a given shoot, that most shots went into the 9 for example Equally, seeing that my average shot scored a 7.4 for that shoot is also handy. There is also the score distribution chart on the desktop version to see the details. I am planning more interesting 'histograms' for shot statistics.
In this plot below, Does the outer red circle really give an indication of the group size? I think I would have drawn a slightly smaller circle displaced slightly to left
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The outer/thin red circle is the
maximum radius of all shots from the group center but is not a measure of the group size per se (which would be positioned more as you describe).
Can the app show me where individual arrows stats and where they are scoring for arrow tuning purposes
Can the app tell me what my score would have been had I shot that group, but straight this time! Useful for A-B testing of components.
Again these items go under arrow tuning for which the mobile app is not set up. I won't rule these things out, though!
Phew - hope I addressed the majority of issues, Big! I hope you'll bear with me while I continue developing the application - there will be more 'advanced' features coming.
Thanks again
Tim