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82 of the 96 volunteers in the 2010 habit study provided enough data for analysis.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The majority (82) of participants provided sufficient data for analysis”
How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world, Phillippa Lally et al., European Journal of Social Psychology, 2010, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1002/ejsp.674)- What it measures
- The 14 participants left out did not have enough recorded days to fit the analysis.
- What it does not show
- Only a subset of the 82 produced a usable curve for each person (see the 62 and 39 figures).