Abstract The rising penetration of smartphones now gives researchers the chance to collect data from smartphone users through passive mobile data collection via apps. Examples of passively collected data include geolocation, physical movements, online behavior and browser history, and app usage. However, to passively collect data from smartphones, participants need to agree to download a research app to their smartphone. This leads to concerns about nonconsent and nonparticipation. In the current study, we assess the circumstances under which smartphone users are willing to participate in passive mobile data collection. We surveyed 1,947 members of a German nonprobability online panel who own a smartphone using vignettes that described hypothetical studies where data are automatically collected by a research app on a participant’s smartphone. The vignettes varied the levels of several dimensions of the hypothetical study, and respondents were asked to rate their willingness to participate in such a study. Willingness to participate in passive mobile data collection is strongly influenced by the incentive promised for study participation but also by other study characteristics (sponsor, duration of data collection period, option to switch off the app) as well as respondent characteristics (privacy and security concerns, smartphone experience).

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参与被动移动数据收集的意愿

摘要 智能手机的日益普及现在使研究人员有机会通过应用程序通过被动移动数据收集从智能手机用户那里收集数据。被动收集数据的示例包括地理位置、身体运动、在线行为和浏览器历史记录以及应用程序使用情况。然而，要被动地从智能手机收集数据，参与者需要同意将研究应用程序下载到他们的智能手机。这导致对不同意和不参与的担忧。在当前的研究中，我们评估了智能手机用户愿意参与被动移动数据收集的情况。我们调查了德国非概率在线小组的 1,947 名成员，他们使用小插图描述了假设研究，其中数据是由参与者智能手机上的研究应用程序自动收集的。这些小插曲改变了假设研究的几个维度的水平，并要求受访者评价他们参与此类研究的意愿。参与被动移动数据收集的意愿受到承诺参与研究的激励的强烈影响，也受到其他研究特征（赞助商、数据收集期的持续时间、关闭应用程序的选项）以及受访者特征（隐私和安全问题）的强烈影响，智能手机体验）。