Samuel P. Lawton
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Structured Temporal Awareness and Resource System

Understand the problem
before building the answer.

This two-minute study asks what happened in the last seven days—not whether a polished idea sounds appealing. No product or feature list appears before the answers, and no direct identifiers are requested.

Take the two-minute study
About two minutesEight focused choices, built for a private phone handoff.
Behavior, not a pitchEvery question concerns current or recent planning behavior; no concept is shown.
No direct identifiersField responses stay on the researcher’s device until export.
Planning studyPreview · collection off

Eight choices · about two minutes

How did your planning setup work this week?

I’m Sam, a Johns Hopkins systems engineering student. This market-discovery study is for learning how adults currently manage tasks, time, and changing priorities—and whether current methods leave recurring problems worth investigating. It does not present or sell a product.

  • 01You answer on this screen yourself; I will not watch or react to your choices
  • 02No name, contact information, account, diagnosis, or exact location is collected
  • 03Choose what best matches recent experience; there are no right answers
  • 04Participation is voluntary, for adults 18 or older, and you may stop at any time

I’ll stay nearby for procedural questions, but I won’t read choices aloud or ask you to explain an answer.

Last seven daysWhere did you keep most of your tasks and commitments?
Last seven daysOn how many days did your plan no longer match what you could realistically do?
Most recent changeThink about the most recent day your plan stopped fitting. What changed first?

If that did not happen, choose the matching response.

That same dayWhat was the main result?
Last seven daysHow well did your usual planning setup help you decide what was realistic for that day?
When plans changedWhat did you most often do first?
Last three monthsWhich best describes whether you tried a different way to plan?
Last seven daysWhich description best matches most of your week?

Complete

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Local field controls

Researcher tools

Collection is off

Preview answers are discarded.

Before collecting responses, confirm the Johns Hopkins course, instructor, and IRB requirements that apply to this activity. The website cannot make that determination for you.

Neutral in-person protocol
  1. Show the introduction and hand the device to the participant.
  2. Answer procedural questions only; do not explain STARS, suggest an option, or read choices aloud.
  3. Step back. Do not watch the screen, ask for reasons, or react to selections.
  4. Remind the participant they may stop at any time if they ask.

What this can—and cannot—show

A discovery signal, not a population estimate.

A convenience sample can reveal language, recurring breakdowns, and promising audience hypotheses. It cannot establish prevalence or represent all students, workers, or people with attention-related conditions. Because this is conducted in person, a neutral script and self-administration reduce—but cannot eliminate—interviewer and social desirability effects. Unordered response options are randomized, and responses from this v2 instrument must be analyzed separately from the earlier product-primed v1 instrument. Interviews and later representative research must carry the question forward.