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sleep interpretations - stress

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Questions: in the general description of the interpretation of sleep regarding the level of stress, it is stated that sleep level 15 is the ideal level, while in the interpretation of a specific dream, if level 15 is reached, the result is assessed as satisfactory, not as good or very good.  Do you know where this discrepancy comes from and whether it is not a mistake. If it should be perfect then why is it only "sufficient", this interpretation lowers the total sleep score.

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    It says "15 or lower" so 15 is right on the limit for too high stress during sleep.

    0 (zero) stress is probably the ideal stress level, but might be impossible to reach. I've never seen that. 1 is the lowest for me.

    At average stress 11 I get "Excellent".

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    I get the level Fair for the average stress values from 15 to ~30, and the level Good at 14. It looks like the threshold is 15.0, and when the average is 15.1 (still rounded to 15 on the screen), you are already on the next level.

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    okay, but we have an "average sleep level" which is supposed to be 15, not 15.2 or 14.8. Does it mean that the one who has 14.8 and shows him 15 will have a very good one, and the one with 15.1 who also sees 15 will have a sufficient one? We have this average and we don't fit in the range.

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    2344594 said:
    but we have an "average sleep level" which is supposed to be 15, not 15.2 or 14.8.

    An average from the principle, just as any other average value, cannot be an integer number, unless the sum of values is directly divisible by the number of samples, which is quite rare. In most cases the result will be a floating point number.

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    I think it would be helpful to know that the presentation of the result is rounded and the interpretation of the result is based on more detailed data, because this is how we see a number that differs from the levels of interpretation. ok, thanks for the feedback.

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    Supposed to be? It is a rounded value as most of the values in Garmin Connect. Very few are exact values. Does it really matter what the exact value is? How are you going to use that value?

    The scale doesn't seem to be that static. I sometimes get "Good" for 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, "Fair" for 7 and 9.

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    2344594 said:
    I think it would be helpful to know that the presentation of the result is rounded

    Since the displayed averages are integer values, it is not necessary telling they are rounded, since you see it on the first glance Wink

    If you want to see the unrounded values, you could use browser's DevTools for looking at the background JSON data. The unrounded value is there under the label avgSleepStress:

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    e7andy said:
    I sometimes get "Good" for 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, "Fair" for 7 and 9.

    Hm, I did not observe that. In my case the Avg Sleeping Stress rating is stable, but it is true I did not go too far in the history. Perhaps it changed in the past

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    I'm talking about the usual cognitive dissonance between when I read in the manual that 15 is ideal and see that I have 15 and interpret the result as "sufficient", which is two thresholds less than ideal. I don't want to do a PhD on averages here.

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    2344594 said:
    I have 15 and interpret the result as "sufficient", which is two thresholds less than ideal.

    At the avg. >15.0 and showing as 15, you get the rank "Fair". There is no rank "Ideal". Just "Good" or "Excellent". The description tells exactly "An ideal average stress level while sleeping is 15 or lower." It nowhere tells you get the rank Excellent for it.