Linganisha mbinu

	Kukusanya Data kwa Njia ya Simu ya Mkononi	Njia ya Sampuli ya Uzoefu wa Simu (Mobile Experience Sampling Method
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)	1983–1987
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, ecological momentary assessment, EMA, daily diary via mobile
Zinazohusiana	4	4
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.	The Mobile Experience Sampling Method (ESM) collects repeated, time-stamped self-reports from participants in their natural environment using a smartphone app. By signaling participants multiple times per day over days or weeks, researchers capture psychological states, behaviors, and contexts as they occur — eliminating retrospective bias and revealing within-person dynamics that single-session surveys cannot detect.