App Usage Reports Accurate?

I'm looking at usage reports for apps like Word, Excel and GroupWise which say the time period for the report is 3 months. The numbers for run time hours and active hours seem low for all users. If the report said it was one month I'd be more incline to trust the numbers. How can I tell how accurate these numbers are.

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