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posted on 2024-09-11, 05:14 authored by Sarah T O’Brien, Nerisa Dozo, Jordan HintonJordan Hinton, Ella K Moeck, Rio Susanto, Glenn T Jayaputera, Richard O Sinnott, Duy Vu, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, John Gleeson, Peter Koval Abstract: Traditionally, behavioral, social, and health science researchers have relied on global/retrospective survey methods administered cross-sectionally (i.e., on a single occasion) or longitudinally (i.e., on several occasions separated by weeks, months, or years). More recently, social and health scientists have added daily life survey methods (also known as intensive longitudinal methods or ambulatory assessment) to their toolkit. These methods (e.g., daily diaries, experience sampling, ecological momentary assessment) involve dense repeated assessments in everyday settings. To facilitate research using daily life survey methods, we present SEMA3 (http://www.SEMA3.com), a platform for designing and administering intensive longitudinal daily life surveys via Android and iOS smartphones. SEMA3 fills an important gap by providing researchers with a free, intuitive, and flexible platform with basic and advanced functionality. In this article, we describe SEMA3’s development history and system architecture, provide an overview of how to design a study using SEMA3 and outline its key features, and discuss the platform’s limitations and propose directions for future development of SEMA3.
Funding
Development and maintenance of the SEMA3 platform has been supported by funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Catholic University Research Fund, and the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences-University of Melbourne.
History
Publication Date
2024-06-24Journal
Behavior Research MethodsVolume
56Pagination
16p. (p.7691-7706)Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCRights Statement
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