Can you find the spring constant of a spring with the concept of damping oscillations?

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Hi! I need help with my Physics experiment? So I conducted a setup where a spring with an unknown spring constant is allowed to oscillate with a mass attached to it (50g). A motion sensor was placed directly below it to accurately show it's position. So i got a data set of position vs time. How can i compute for the spring's spring constant?

Edit: sorry for bothering but how do you do it with the decreasing of amplitude? I'm just a high school student and i dont know the "eigenvalues if the ODE". Thanks!

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