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Guided Sampling Using Mobile Electronic Diaries

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  • Kenny Morrison

    (University of Dundee, UK)

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Pocket Interview is an easily configurable handheld electronic data collection and diary tool. The Pocket Interview system can be used to apply experience sampling methods that allow the collection of data in real-time and in the user’s natural environment. The system client is usually run on a personal digital assistant or smartphone. It can prompt the user to make diary entries at fixed and/or random intervals and includes an option that allows this sampling to be ‘guided’ whereby inconvenient prompts are temporarily deferred until a more convenient time through the use of contextual audio information. Subjects participating in real-time studies require high levels of commitment and exhibit difficulties maintaining their motivation. This paper describes a series of studies using Pocket Interview that explore how Guiding offers to reduce the perceived burden on study participants, improve response rates and increase the quantity and quality of replies.

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  • Kenny Morrison, 2012. "Guided Sampling Using Mobile Electronic Diaries," International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI), IGI Global, vol. 4(1), pages 1-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jmhci0:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:1-24
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