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Mobile Structured Interview — Computer-Assisted Mobile Interviewing

A mobile structured interview is a standardised data collection technique in which an interviewer — or a self-administering respondent — answers a fixed, pre-determined set of questions using a smartphone or tablet application. Every respondent receives identical question wording and response options, ensuring comparability across cases while leveraging the reach, geolocation capabilities, and offline functionality of mobile devices.

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Sources

  1. Couper, M. P., & Peterson, G. (2017). Why do web surveys take longer on smartphones? Social Science Computer Review, 35(3), 357–377. DOI: 10.1177/0894439316629932
  2. Buskirk, T. D., & Andrus, C. (2012). Making mobile browser surveys smarter: Results from a randomized experiment comparing online surveys completed via computer or smartphone. Field Methods, 24(4), 388–404. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X12446352

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