Survey Creation
Survey Logic for EMA and ESM
There are several logic functions you can use to manage the flow of your ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and experience sampling method (ESM) survey flow. The three logic functions are: Skip Logic: Participants skip to another specific question ...
Response Type
For your experience sampling and ecological momentary assessment surveys, you can choose to allow participants to skip questions, prompt them to respond, or force a response before moving to the next question. You can do this at two levels: Question ...
Create Mobile Charts that Show Participant Progress over Time
When conducting your experience sampling method (ESM) and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) project, you may want to create mobile charts for participants. The charts display data that participants have entered over time. In other words, it shows ...
Survey Setting Options
Within the Survey Builder, there are many options to choose from to customize the participant experience. To open the settings within the Builder, select the dotted icon. Then, select the "Options" button. This will display a menu with the following ...
Ways to Group Questions for ESM and EMA
For more complex survey structure in experience sampling method (ESM) and ecological momentary assessments (EMA), surveys can be organized into different types of question blocks. Within these question blocks, researchers can choose randomize the ...
Embed Pictures in Surveys for EMA and ESM
When conducting your ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and experience sampling method (ESM) project, you may want to embed pictures for several reasons. These include: Increasing engagement among participants Presenting stimuli as part of an ...
Randomize Survey Questions
In experience sampling and ecological momentary assessments, randomizing questions can help to reduce response sets. For instance, participants who receive the same order of questions tend to respond in the same way over time in an unthinking way. By ...
Types of Question Formats for EMA and ESM
There are several different types of questions that can be created in a survey. 1. Multiple Choice Format Question: This enables participants to select one choice among multiple different choices. This is also often used for Likert-type or frequency ...