How Candidates Divide Their EA Exam Study Time
After excluding zero, negative, and over-four-hour events, the recorded duration totals 5,591.5 hours in the test bank, 698.6 hours in practice exams, and 215.9 hours in Power Notes. These are valid browser-event durations, not independently verified active study time.
What this result includes
- 13,466 valid timing events
- 1,574 excluded events
- Four-hour maximum per event
The test bank dominates recorded duration
It accounts for 85.9% of retained hours.
Outlier removal is material
1,574 events are excluded by the basic validity rule, mostly test-bank events.
Duration is not attention
Browser tabs can remain open, and activity can overlap. The result describes the telemetry retained after a conservative cap.
Recorded valid duration by activity
Hours sum events longer than zero and no longer than four hours. Overlap and inactive browser time can remain.
Timing by activity and part9 rows
The launch report calls this recorded duration. It does not call it active study time until idle and overlap behavior are measured.
| Part | Activity | Recorded | Valid | Excluded | Learners | Recorded hours | Avg. minutes/event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test_bank | 6,669 | 5,828 | 841 | 1,110 | 3,329.5 | 34.3 |
| 1 | exam | 1,245 | 1,239 | 6 | 93 | 500.0 | 24.2 |
| 1 | power_notes | 1,103 | 1,056 | 47 | 370 | 175.9 | 10.0 |
| 2 | test_bank | 3,035 | 2,583 | 452 | 390 | 1,471.7 | 34.2 |
| 2 | exam | 167 | 163 | 4 | 31 | 90.2 | 33.2 |
| 2 | power_notes | 273 | 269 | 4 | 111 | 21.1 | 4.7 |
| 3 | test_bank | 2,105 | 1,893 | 212 | 277 | 790.3 | 25.0 |
| 3 | exam | 208 | 207 | 1 | 25 | 108.4 | 31.4 |
| 3 | power_notes | 235 | 228 | 7 | 105 | 18.9 | 5.0 |
What the data cannot establish
The report excludes zero, negative, and longer-than-four-hour events, but valid browser duration can still include idle time. It is recorded activity duration, not verified active study time.
Turn the finding into a decision.
Use the report to choose a focused action, then test that decision with current material. The evidence should reduce uncertainty; it should never replace the complete exam outline or promise an official result.