Studies

Managed, End-to-End Data Crowd Sourcing

When you need to collect measurements from multiple participants, Sensor Logger’s built-in Studies feature offers an out-of-the-box solution for efficient crowd-sourced data collection. You have full control over how data is collected, ensuring consistency across participants. With a single tap, participants can securely send their recordings back to you via Sensor Logger's privacy-compliant cloud system. You can also create custom questionnaires to accompany their recordings, adding valuable context to their contributions. This streamlined process allows you to focus on analyzing the data, while worrying less about data collection logistics and privacy concerns.

Comprehensive Data Collection Management

Studies address critical challenges in collecting sensor data from phones and research participants:

  • Configuration Consistency: Ensure all devices are set up correctly, regardless of phone model and platform, including sensor types, sampling frequency, smart rules, and export formats.

  • Effortless Data Transfer: Simplify the data submission process, eliminating the need for cumbersome uploads and reminders.

  • Built for Scale: Manage data collection from a few participants to thousands, with infrastructure designed to handle large-scale studies efficiently.

  • Privacy Compliance: Data stays private throughout, and participants can stay anonymous.

  • Contextual Data: Beyond just sensor measurements — also surveys, consent forms, and more.

Sensor Logger’s Studies feature offers a seamless, end-to-end workflow. As an investigator, you define every aspect of your study, from data collection parameters to participant instructions and privacy statements. Participants join via a single link or QR code, ensuring correct configuration and consistent data collection. After recording, they can upload data securely with a single tap. You can even set up automated upload reminders, freeing you from the hassle of follow-ups.

    • Create Studies to collect data from other Sensor Logger users in a streamlined way.

    • When a Study is activated, the exact sensor configuration, as prescribed by the investigator, is used to ensure data collection consistency.

    • Study participants can seamlessly upload their recordings to a secure cloud when contributing to a study.

    • Join, pause and switch Studies anytime.

    • Easily filter and organise recordings made for different Studies.

    • Creating and managing Studies.

    • Create custom questionnaires accompanying each recording, filled out by the participants.

    • Sensor Logger helps you create Studies with clear data usage description, privacy statement and contact details to ensure privacy compliance, and that your participants understand how their data will be used.

    • Customise Study size, duration, sensor configuration, export formats and more.

    • Invite others to your Study with a short code or a QR code.

    • Keep track of participant count, recording number, and other statistics about your Study.

Beyond Sensor Data

With Sensor Logger, your studies go beyond simple sensor data collection. You can gather rich, detailed information from participants through fully customizable questionnaires. These questionnaires can include a wide range of input types, such as text responses, numerical fields, multiple-choice selections, and even participant signatures, giving you the flexibility to capture diverse data points. Questionnaires can be presented to participants at key stages of the study—when they first join, after each recording session, or at any other critical point in the process. This comprehensive approach ensures that you collect not only objective sensor data but also meaningful contextual information, enhancing the depth and value of your study.

Seamless Cross-Platform Compatibility

Sensor Logger’s studies are fully compatible with both iOS and Android devices, ensuring broad participation regardless of the platform. With built-in cross-platform functionality, Sensor Logger automatically resolves any data discrepancies between devices, allowing you to focus on analysis without worrying about format inconsistencies.

Customise For Your Research Needs

Sensor Logger's studies are fully customizable, giving you complete control over what data to collect, how to collect it, and how to communicate with participants about the use of their data. You also determine how participants should share their data with you. All of this can be managed directly from your phone, making it convenient for study investigators. For data management, you can easily access all uploaded recordings and surveys through a user-friendly web portal, accessible from both your phone and computer.

Out of the Box Privacy & Compliance

Privacy and compliance are at the core of Sensor Logger’s Studies. Every study includes an explicit privacy policy, ensuring transparency for participants. Participants must opt-in and explicitly upload their data, which is encrypted during transit and accessible only to the study investigator. Our infrastructure, powered by Cloudflare, ensures robust data protection.

Trusted by Diverse Industries

Sensor Logger’s Studies are trusted by a wide range of industries, from large corporations to startups. Our clients include leaders in healthcare, mobility, academia, sports, and more. Whether you’re conducting clinical trials, researching urban mobility, studying academic phenomena, or analyzing athletic performance, Sensor Logger provides the tools you need for reliable and efficient data collection. For references of existing peer-reviewed publications using Sensor Logger, please see https://github.com/tszheichoi/awesome-sensor-logger#further-use-cases-and-applications

If you require custom Study requirements or would like to white-label the solution, feel free to reach out and we can discuss it!

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