Linganisha mbinu

	Kukusanya Data kwa Njia ya Simu ya Mkononi	Uzoefu wa Simu ya Mkononi
Nyanja	Metodolojia ya Dodoso	Metodolojia ya Dodoso
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2000s–present (mobile adaptation of diary methods established ~2003–2010)	1983
Mwanzilishi	Bolger, Davis & Rafaeli (diary methods); smartphone adaptation emerged early 2000s	Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi & Reed Larson
Aina	Qualitative / mixed-methods data collection technique	Intensive longitudinal data collection technique
Chanzo asilia	Bolger, N., Davis, A., & Rafaeli, E. (2003). Diary methods: Capturing life as it is lived. Annual Review of Psychology, 54(1), 579–616.	Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Larson, R. (1987). Validity and reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175(9), 526–536.
Majina mbadala	mobile diary study, smartphone diary, digital research diary, mobile diary method	ESM, Experience Sampling Method, Ecological Momentary Assessment, EMA
Zinazohusiana	4	5
Muhtasari	A Mobile Research Diary is a data collection technique in which participants record thoughts, experiences, behaviours, or events in structured diary entries submitted via a smartphone or tablet app over a defined study period. By moving the diary onto a mobile device, researchers gain time-stamped, geolocation-optional data captured close to the moment of experience, reducing retrospective recall bias while maintaining the rich, naturalistic quality of traditional diary methods.	Mobile Experience Sampling (ESM) is an intensive longitudinal data-collection technique in which participants respond to brief, repeated questionnaires delivered to their smartphones at random or scheduled intervals throughout the day. By capturing thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and context at or near the moment they occur, ESM minimises retrospective recall bias and provides a high-resolution picture of psychological and behavioral fluctuations in everyday life.