{
  "title": "Pretest a survey recall period",
  "questions": [
    "Which interaction came to mind when you read the question?",
    "Approximately when did it happen, if you remember?",
    "How did you decide it belonged in the stated period?",
    "What would you do if you could not recall an interaction in that period?"
  ],
  "question_notes": [
    "Identify the selected episode without requesting private interaction contents.",
    "Allow uncertainty instead of manufacturing an exact date.",
    "Check whether people used the same time boundary as the question.",
    "Test a skip or no-applicable-experience route."
  ],
  "answer_guidance": [
    {
      "question": 1,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Identify the selected episode without requesting private interaction contents.",
      "optional": true
    },
    {
      "question": 2,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Allow uncertainty instead of manufacturing an exact date.",
      "optional": true
    },
    {
      "question": 3,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Check whether people used the same time boundary as the question.",
      "optional": true
    },
    {
      "question": 4,
      "format": "Optional short open text",
      "reason": "Test a skip or no-applicable-experience route.",
      "optional": true
    }
  ],
  "respondent_instruction": "If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate.",
  "field_protocol": {
    "send_when": "Run the optional pilot before fielding the main questionnaire with people similar to the intended respondents.",
    "decision_owner": "The questionnaire reviewer chooses the period based on the decision and the pilot evidence.",
    "followup": "Review episode-selection explanations after revision; do not claim the pilot proves that every future answer is accurate.",
    "response_handling": "Do not request private messages or precise personal event histories. Approximate dates and not remembered are acceptable."
  },
  "editorial_sections": [],
  "note": "Examples to adapt. Not a validated instrument; manual editorial data, not a product import payload."
}