mobileQ
experience sampling made easy
Features
mobileQ is a free, open-source web dashboard and Android smartphone application developed by the research group of quantitative psychology and individual differences at KU Leuven to enable researchers to perform experience sampling or ecological momentary assessment (ESM/EMA) studies and interventions in an easy, intuitive, and accessible way.
Survey
Design your own ESM/EMA study with an easy-to-use web interface.
Compliance
Collect data while you track the compliance and progress online.
Response formats
Make use of survey items with different commonly used response formats.
Beep scheduling
Flexible fixed or random interval beep scheduling.
Data download
Data can be downloaded in an accessible format (csv, xlsx, ods).
Timestamps
Timestamps and response times of the responses are recorded.
(No) internet access
With internet access, incoming data can be continuously transferred and monitored online, but no internet connection is required.
Academic use only
You are only allowed to use the software and service for academic research purposes.
Compatibility
The software is only tested on the phones our research group is using.
Documentation
As mobileQ is a free, open-source project, there is no active helpdesk. To help you get started we will be providing the following resources:
Paper
The mobileQ paper is accepted by Behavior Research Methods and can currently be found at PsyArXiv.
Download
mobileQ hosted locally
You can use mobileQ locally. This option allows you to download all the mobileQ software yourself, and install it on your own servers. All data you collect will be immediately stored on your own server, rather than our KU Leuven server. This option is advised when you want to have the data directly collected on a local server. This option requires technical knowledge needed to install mobileQ on your own server.
Download source code from GitLabAbout
mobileQ was developed by Kristof Meers of the Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences at KU Leuven in Belgium, with the aid of researchers Egon Dejonckheere, Marlies Houben, Elise Kalokerinos, Pete Koval, Peter Kuppens, Madeline Pe, Koen Rummens, ...
When using mobileQ for your research, please cite the following paper: Meers, K., Dejonckheere, E., Kalokerinos, E. K., Rummens, K., & Kuppens, P. (2020). mobileQ: A free user-friendly application for collecting experience sampling data. Behavior Research Methods, 52, 1510-1515. doi: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-019-01330-1