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The sampling of experiences in situ
Author(s) -
Hormuth Stefan E
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1986.tb00395.x
Subject(s) - experience sampling method , psychology , personality , sampling (signal processing) , presentation (obstetrics) , sample (material) , applied psychology , external validity , quality (philosophy) , ecological validity , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , epistemology , cognition , medicine , philosophy , chemistry , filter (signal processing) , chromatography , neuroscience , computer vision , radiology
The experience sampling method ( ESM ) attempts to sample randomly from people's everyday experiences Typically, subjects carry beepers and report their experiences immediately following a signal ESM stresses ecological validity and potentially permits the study of the stream of thought or behavior Within personality psychology, ESM allows for the investigation of interactions between person and situation variables without some of the limitations of other approaches A detailed presentation of the practical issues involved in the use of ESM is included, along with a discussion of some procedural and technological variants An assessment of the method discusses issues of data quality and validity, possible other areas of application for the method, as well as limitations that require the continued empirical assessment and future refinements of the method