Person-related selection bias in mobile sensing research: Robust findings from two panel studies.
Abstract
= 2,337): The ownership of Android devices (in comparison to iOS devices) was associated with lower levels of education, income, and extraversion. The willingness to participate in mobile sensing studies was found to be higher among younger age groups, males, those with higher levels of openness to experience, and those with lower levels of neuroticism. Furthermore, different person characteristics played different roles at different stages of the recruitment process. Taken together, the results show that some selection bias in mobile sensing studies exists and that the effects were small to moderate in magnitude as well as comparable to selection bias for other, more common data collection approaches, such as online surveys. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Volume
- 130
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 597–625
- Publication date
- 8 January 2026
- Language
- EN