Mobile Data Collection for Academic and Field Research

The best research is built from useful, carefully collected data. Harvest Your Data supports academic and field research with mobile surveys for teams collecting data across a range of locations and study settings.

Set up a survey, collect responses on mobile devices, and bring the results together for analysis. Teams can work across multiple devices, including when an internet connection is unavailable.

To get the most out of a survey, it has to be easy to do. Harvest Your Data is designed with mobile devices in mind – the clean and simple user interface makes answering questions a breeze, even for those who struggle with technology. Image capture and barcode scanning functionality allow researchers to keep track of each and every participant, ensuring none of your data ends up out of place.

Mobile Research Workflows

Assign a survey to multiple smartphones and tablets so research teams can collect responses at the same time. Surveys can work offline in the field and can use skip logic to guide participants through relevant questions.

In her account of a sensitive health research study, University of Alabama at Birmingham pre-doctoral fellow Kristi Stringer said iSURVEY passed her institutional review board's review. Read Kristi's account for the study-specific context.

Export collected data in CSV or SPSS format to continue with analysis.

See how teams have used mobile data collection in different research settings: field observations at UC Davis, food and nutrition research at Wageningen UR, and smoke-free policy research at the University of Kentucky.