A method for sensing data, wherein the following operations are performed by circuitry: performing a number of sense operations on a number of memory cells (224-1, 224-2; 329-1 to 329-4) using a number of different sensing voltage values (223-1, 223-2, 223-3; 328-1, 328-2, 328-3, 328-4, 328-5); and determining a quantity (C 12, C 23) of the memory cells that change sensed states (L 0, L 1) between the sense operations, wherein determining the quantity comprises determining a quantity that change states between one of the number of sense operations and another of the number of sense operations; wherein the following further operations are performed by said circuitry: determining, based at least partially on the determined quantity of the number of memory cells that change sensed states between the sense operations, whether to output first data associated with the number of memory cells or to output second data associated with the number of memory cells wherein the first data includes hard data and wherein the second data includes soft data; and outputting the first data in response to a determination that the determined quantity is less than or equal to a threshold, wherein the first data corresponds to either data sensed during one of the sense operations or data sensed during another of the sense operations. performing a number of sense operations on a number of memory cells (224-1, 224-2; 329-1 to 329-4) using a number of different sensing voltage values (223-1, 223-2, 223-3; 328-1, 328-2, 328-3, 328-4, 328-5); and determining a quantity (C 12, C 23) of the memory cells that change sensed states (L 0, L 1) between the sense operations, wherein determining the quantity comprises determining a quantity that change states between one of the number of sense operations and another of the number of sense operations; wherein the following further operations are performed by said circuitry: determining, based at least partially on the determined quantity of the number of memory cells that change sensed states between the sense operations, whether to output first data associated with the number of memory cells or to output second data associated with the number of memory cells wherein the first data includes hard data and wherein the second data includes soft data; and outputting the first data in response to a determination that the determined quantity is less than or equal to a threshold, wherein the first data corresponds to either data sensed during one of the sense operations or data sensed during another of the sense operations. determining, based at least partially on the determined quantity of the number of memory cells that change sensed states between the sense operations, whether to output first data associated with the number of memory cells or to output second data associated with the number of memory cells wherein the first data includes hard data and wherein the second data includes soft data; and outputting the first data in response to a determination that the determined quantity is less than or equal to a threshold, wherein the first data corresponds to either data sensed during one of the sense operations or data sensed during another of the sense operations.