Mobile apps are an attractive and versatile method of collecting data in the social and behavioral sciences. In samples of the general population, however, participation in app-based data collection is still rather low. In this article, we examine two potential ways...
Smartphone apps are increasingly being used for a variety of studies involving intensive measurement. Many of these studies are conducted among small groups of volunteers where selection bias is of less concern and ways to increase participation have been largely...
This paper examines non-response in a mobile app study designed to collect expenditure data. We invited 2,383 members of the nationally representative Understanding Society Innovation Panel in Great Britain to download an app to record their spending on goods and...
Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study has a programme of research and development that underpins innovations in data collection methods. One of our current focuses is on using mobile applications to collect additional data that supplement data...
This presentation discusses important design considerations when asking panel survey respondents to participate in additional data collection using smartphone apps, and provides empirical evidence in support of best practices (along with directions for future...
