How do you measure time?

[possopo]

hello,

I just noticed that the time spent to answer a question is measured as follows:
it starts when the card shows up and it stops after it you hit again, hard, good or easy.

I was thinking it would stop as soon as you hit “show answer” because that’s when you decide whether you remember the card or not. then you qualify your answer as wrong, hard, good or easy.

is my observation correct ?
can someone tell me why Anki decided to measure time like this ?

I usually make pauses when I review cards and I make them while leaving a card unanswered but with the answer shown (because I was thinking that the clock would stop there but apparently it doesn’t).
I guess what I’m doing disturbs the algorithm quite a bit.

thank you.

[szalejot]

is my observation correct ?

Yes

can someone tell me why Anki decided to measure time like this ?

I guess to measure the whole time you spend studying - for the stats.

I guess what I’m doing disturbs the algorithm quite a bit.

Not at all. The algorithm takes into consideration how you answered the card (Again/Hard/Good/Easy) but not how long it took you.

[possopo]

@szalejot

Not at all. The algorithm takes into consideration how you answered the card (Again/Hard/Good/Easy) but not how long it took you.

I think the time spent to answer does affect some metrics, difficulty maybe, I don’t remember exactly. experts will confirm/infirm.

[Aleksej]

Deck Options - Anki Manual

[brainravens]

Response time is not factored into the algorithm, for a number of reasons

[szalejot]

[rossgb]

@possopo

I think the time spent to answer does affect some metrics, difficulty maybe, I don’t remember exactly. experts will confirm/infirm.

From your previous topic:

About minimum recommended retention (CMRR)

Answer time is taken into account for simulations, it’s not taken into account for scheduling. When you do your reviews, the answer time doesn’t affect the length of the interval. Answer time is used only by CMRR and the simulator, and they use robust statistics to make sure that outliers don’t screw the results up.

[possopo]

From your previous topic:

Answer time is taken into account for simulations, it’s not taken into account for scheduling. When you do your reviews, the answer time doesn’t affect the length of the interval. Answer time is used only by CMRR and the simulator, and they use robust statistics to make sure that outliers don’t screw the results up.

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yes, exactly thanks !

@szalejot

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[ImageOcclusionMaster]

yes, everyone told everything, exept you can stop onscreen timer on answer. (doesn’t really do anything cuz it has no effect on algo as stated above but oh well, if it makes you comfy? )

[ImageOcclusionMaster]

also i have a post with a couple questions, if you have time please check it out, im in a HUGEEEEEEEE time cruch, tysm!

[ImageOcclusionMaster]

Go to options for this

[Aleksej]

@ImageOcclusionMaster

doesn’t really do anything cuz it has no effect on algo as stated above

You can sort cards by average time if you install Advanced Browser.

[ran9]

Is this why I spend about 150% of the officially recorded time? Algorithm says I spent two hours this week while I know i spent 3.

[brainravens]

Likely to be part of it, yeah

[Danika_Dakika]

That’s most likely because of maximum answer seconds – Deck Options - Anki Manual . The algorithm doesn’t “say” anything about how much time you spent.