Time Period
Step 5 of 8 • What timeframe?
What time period were you estimating?
This helps us understand the context of your usage estimate
Yesterday
Just yesterday's usage
Typical weekday
A normal workday/school day
Last 7 days
Average over the past week
What the research says (and doesn't)
Guesses miss in both directions: across 106 studies roughly as many people over-reported their use as under-reported it, and only about 6% landed within 5% of what their device recorded.
Parry et al., 2021 · meta-analysis, 106 effect sizes
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