Linganisha mbinu

	Dawa ya Kumbukumbu za Utafiti Mtandaoni	Dawa ya Utafiti
Nyanja	Metodolojia ya Dodoso	Metodolojia ya Dodoso
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	Late 1990s–2000s (digital adaptation of diary methods dating to early 20th century social research)	1981 (methodological codification); diary use in research dates to 19th-century anthropology
Mwanzilishi	Adapted from traditional diary methods; online variant emerged with widespread internet adoption (late 1990s–2000s)	Robert G. Burgess (systematic methodological treatment)
Aina	Qualitative / mixed-methods data collection	Qualitative data collection and reflexivity tool
Chanzo asilia	Alaszewski, A. (2006). Using Diaries for Social Research. Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-0761941965	Burgess, R. G. (1981). Keeping a research diary. Cambridge Journal of Education, 11(1), 75–83.
Majina mbadala	digital research diary, e-diary research, online reflective journal, web-based research diary	researcher diary, field diary, research journal, reflexive diary
Zinazohusiana	5	6
Muhtasari	The online research diary method is a data collection technique in which participants document their experiences, thoughts, or behaviours in structured or open-ended digital diary entries over a defined period. Delivered via email, web forms, blogging platforms, or dedicated apps, it captures temporally proximate, naturalistic data that retrospective interviews cannot provide. It is widely used in health research, education, psychology, and social sciences.	A research diary is a systematic, dated log maintained by the researcher throughout a study to record methodological decisions, emergent observations, analytical hunches, and reflections on researcher positionality. Unlike a participant diary, it is authored by the researcher and functions simultaneously as a data source, an audit trail, and a reflexivity instrument.