Journal
PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 838-854Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1745691616650285
Keywords
mobile sensing; smartphones; behavior; big data; research design
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [BCS-1520288]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [1520288] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Smartphones now offer the promise of collecting behavioral data unobtrusively, in situ, as it unfolds in the course of daily life. Data can be collected from the onboard sensors and other phone logs embedded in today's off-the-shelf smartphone devices. These data permit fine-grained, continuous collection of people's social interactions (e.g., speaking rates in conversation, size of social groups, calls, and text messages), daily activities (e.g., physical activity and sleep), and mobility patterns (e.g., frequency and duration of time spent at various locations). In this article, we have drawn on the lessons from the first wave of smartphone-sensing research to highlight areas of opportunity for psychological research, present practical considerations for designing smartphone studies, and discuss the ongoing methodological and ethical challenges associated with research in this domain. It is our hope that these practical guidelines will facilitate the use of smartphones as a behavioral observation tool in psychological science.
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