Mobile Sensing
3 posts tagged with “Mobile Sensing”
Smartphone tests that use gestures and body movement: approach-avoidance, balance, tremor and gait
A smartphone can record more than taps. In some tests the participant swipes a picture away, pulls the phone toward the body, stands still with it at the waist or walks with it in a pocket. This overview covers what each kind of test measures, what the published validation studies found, and what to plan for when running them in the field.
September 28, 2026
What your ethics board will ask about smartphone sensor data
Background location and health-sensor collection raise ethics questions that questionnaire templates do not prepare you for: what runs continuously, what the phone's permission prompts actually say, what happens when a participant revokes access, and why each stream needs the resolution you chose. Seven questions committees ask, and what a usable answer looks like.
September 7, 2026
Geofenced experience sampling: what location-triggered prompts can and can't do
Location-triggered prompts let you sample experience where it happens — but continuous location tracking has real costs in battery, accuracy, and privacy. A plain-language guide to when geofenced sampling is the right design, when it isn't, and what to check before you build a study around it.
June 8, 2026