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High Five: 5 ways to measure emotions in ESM / EMA.

Egon Dejonckheere

High Five: 5 ways to measure emotions in ESM / EMA.

5 ways to measure emotions in ESM / EMA. TL;DR Measuring emotions in daily life using experience sampling methods (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is harder than it sounds. The format y...

Anchors Calibration Continuous Measurement Data Quality High Five Methodology Slider Scales Variability

May 5, 2026

Feature Focus: How to standardize dietary intake in ESM / EMA using structured dropdowns.

María Fernanda García Verduzco

Feature Focus: How to standardize dietary intake in ESM / EMA using structured dropdowns.

How to standardize dietary intake in ESM / EMA using structured dropdowns. TL;DR Experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) already improves dietary research by reducing recal...

Calibration Data Interpretation Data Quality Dropdown item Gamification Methodology Rewards

Apr 21, 2026

From Paper to Practice: How do you assess the reliability of single-item ratings in ESM / EMA?

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: How do you assess the reliability of single-item ratings in ESM / EMA?

How do you assess the reliability of single-item ratings in ESM / EMA? TL;DR Single-item measures are everywhere in experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) because they are...

Best Practice Careless Responding Data Quality Methodology Slider Scales

Apr 7, 2026

From Paper to Practice: Visualizing previous ratings improves measurement in ESM / EMA studies.

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Visualizing previous ratings improves measurement in ESM / EMA studies.

Visualizing previous ratings improves measurement in ESM / EMA studies. TL;DR Our study demonstrates that showing participants' previous emotion rating during experience sampling (ESM) / ecological ...

Anchors Best Practice Calibration Data Quality Methodology Slider Scales Variability

Feb 24, 2026

From Paper to Practice: Should you gamify your ESM / EMA study?

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Should you gamify your ESM / EMA study?

Should you gamify your ESM / EMA study? TL;DR Gamifying experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies with real-time rewards could boost response rates and speed, but at ...

Best Practice Careless Responding Data Quality Gamification Methodology Response Compliance Rewards

Feb 10, 2026

From Paper to Practice: Should participants use their own smartphone in ESM / EMA studies?

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: Should participants use their own smartphone in ESM / EMA studies?

Should participants use their own smartphone in ESM / EMA studies? TL;DR When running experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) studies, researchers sometimes wonder whether ...

Best Practice Data Quality Methodology Response Compliance

Jan 27, 2026

From Paper to Practice: What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?

Egon Dejonckheere

From Paper to Practice: What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?

What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item? TL;DR Until now, there was no shared way to judge whether a survey item in experience sampling (ESM) / ecological momentary assessment (EMA) research was act...

Anchors Best Practice Data Quality Measurement Reactivity Methodology Reconceptualization Variability

Jan 12, 2026

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