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Daily activity sees data constantly flowing through cameras, the internet, satellites, radio frequencies, sensors, private appliances, cars, smartphones, tablets and the like. Among all the tools currently used, mobile devices, especially mobile phones, smartphones and tablets, are the most widespread, with their use becoming prevalent in everyday life within both developed and developing countries. Shopping, reading newspapers, participating in forums, projecting and completing surveys, communicating with friends and making new ones, filing tax returns and getting involved in politics are all examples of how ingrained mobile technology is to modern lifestyle Mobile devices allow a wide range of heterogeneous activities and, as a result, have great potential in terms of the different types of data that can be collected. The use of mobile devices to collect, analyse and apply research data is explored here. This book focuses on the use of mobile devices in various research contexts, aiming to provide a detailed and updated knowledge on what is a comparatively new field of study. This is done considering different aspects: main methodological possibilities and issues; comparison and integration with more traditional survey modes or ways of participating in research; quality of collected data; use in commercial market research; representativeness of studies based only on the mobile-population; analysis of the current spread of mobile devices in several countries, and so on. Thus, the book provides interesting research findings from a wide range of countries and contexts. This book was developed in the framework of WebDataNet’s Task Force 19. WebDataNet, was created in 2009 by a group of researchers focusing on the discussion on data collection methods. Supported by the European Union programme for the Coordination of Science and Technology, WebDataNet has become a unique, multidisciplinary network that has brought together leading web-based data collection experts from several institutions, disciplines, and relevant backgrounds from more than 35 different countries.

Mobile computing --- Research --- Data processing. --- Methodology. --- Electronic data processing in research --- Electronic data processing --- Context-aware computing --- Portable computers

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Social sciences --- Humanities --- Research --- Data processing --- Research. --- Data processing. --- Social science research --- Electronic data processing in research --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams --- Classical education --- Sciences sociales --- Recherche

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Research --- Information services --- Data processing. --- Management. --- Data collection services --- Information brokers --- Information centers --- Information science service organizations --- Information service providers --- Providers of information services --- Information retrieval --- Information science --- Documentation --- Electronic data processing in research --- Information services. --- Data processing --- Management

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Engineering -- Research -- Data processing. --- Research -- Data processing. --- Research --- Engineering --- Medical Informatics --- Biomedical Research --- Science --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Informatics --- Information Science --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Sciences - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Data processing --- Data processing. --- Construction --- Electronic data processing in research --- Industrial arts --- Technology

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This book contains an edited selection of the papers accepted for presentation and discussion at the first International Symposium on Qualitative Research (ISQR2016), held in Porto, Portugal, July 12th-14th, 2016. The book and the symposium features the four main application fields Education, Health, Social Sciences and Engineering and Technology and seven main subjects: Rationale and Paradigms of Qualitative Research (theoretical studies, critical reflection about epistemological dimensions, ontological and axiological); Systematization of approaches with Qualitative Studies (literature review, integrating results, aggregation studies, meta -analysis, meta- analysis of qualitative meta- synthesis, meta- ethnography); Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research (emphasis in research processes that build on mixed methodologies but with priority to qualitative approaches); Data Analysis Types (content analysis , discourse analysis , thematic analysis , narrative analysis , etc.); Innovative processes of Qualitative Data Analysis (design analysis, articulation and triangulation of different sources of data – images, audio, video); Qualitative Research in Web Context (eResearch, virtual ethnography, interaction analysis , latent corpus on the internet, etc.); Qualitative Analysis with Support of Specific Software (usability studies, user experience, the impact of software on the quality of research.

Computational Intelligence. --- Electronic data processing in research --- Engineering. --- Application software. --- Computational intelligence. --- Computer Applications. --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Research --- Qualitative research --- Data processing. --- Qualitative analysis (Research) --- Qualitative methods (Research) --- Computer science. --- Informatics --- Science