Mobile Phones in Data Collection: A Systematic Review

Mobile phones are increasingly popular tools not only for daily use but also for research purposes. The authors systematically searched related literature using mobile phones as a tool for data collection and found 171 publications consisting of review, empirical, methodological, and theoretical studies in various disciplines such as medicine, engineering, and education. After reviewing contributions of previous review studies, the authors presented a description of data collection process consisting of four steps and used these four steps as a framework to review the existing empirical literature. The authors then reviewed contributions of methodological and theoretical studies, and end with a summary of current practices of collecting mobile data. Current challenges and future directions were also mentioned. Mobile Phones in Data Collection: A Systematic Review Füsun Şahin, University at Albany, SUNY,State University of New York at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States Zheng Yan, University at Albany, SUNY, State University of New York at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States