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Mobile Sensor Data Collection — Smartphone and Wearable Sensing

Mobile sensor data collection uses the built-in sensors of smartphones, tablets, or wearable devices to capture behavioral, physiological, and environmental data in real-world settings. Sensors such as accelerometers, GPS, heart rate monitors, ambient light detectors, and microphones record data passively or on demand, enabling researchers to study human behavior with high temporal resolution outside the laboratory.

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  1. Lane, N. D., Miluzzo, E., Lu, H., Peebles, D., Choudhury, T., & Campbell, A. T. (2010). A survey of mobile phone sensing. IEEE Communications Magazine, 48(9), 140–150. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2010.5560598
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ScholarGateMobile Sensor Data Collection (Mobile Sensor-Based Data Collection). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/survey-methodology/mobile-sensor-data-collection