Smartphones: An emerging tool for social scientists

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-454

  Raento, Mika ^a   Oulasvirta, Antti ^b   Eagle, Nathan ^c,d  

^a GOOGLE   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral patterns; Data collection methods; Reliability; Smartphones; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949094111     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124108330005     Document Type: Article

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