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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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