The validity of RFID badges measuring face-to-face interactions

Autor: Krishna Chaitanya, Christoph Stadtfeld, Timon Elmer, Prateek Purwar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
FOS: Computer and information sciences
Social sensor
Computer science
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Psychology|Quantitative Psychology
computer.software_genre
Social interaction
Article
050105 experimental psychology
Validity
RFID
Social network
Computer Science - Computers and Society
03 medical and health sciences
Face-to-face
0302 clinical medicine
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Computers and Society (cs.CY)
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Criterion validity
Humans
Radio-frequency identification
Interpersonal Relations
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Sensitivity (control systems)
General Psychology
business.industry
05 social sciences
Process (computing)
Construct validity
PsyArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Quantitative Methods|Psychometrics
Radio Frequency Identification Device
PsyArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences
Female
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Data mining
PsyArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Quantitative Methods
business
computer
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Behavior Research Methods, 51 (5)
Behavior Research Methods
ISSN: 1554-351X
1554-3528
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000368129
Popis: Face-to-face interactions are important for a variety of individual behaviors and outcomes. In recent years, a number of human sensor technologies have been proposed to incorporate direct observations in behavioral studies of face-to-face interactions. One of the most promising emerging technologies is the application of active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) badges. They are increasingly applied in behavioral studies because of their low costs, straightforward applicability, and moderate ethical concerns. However, despite the attention that RFID badges have recently received, there is a lack of systematic tests on how valid RFID badges are in measuring face-to-face interactions. With two studies, we aim to fill this gap. Study 1 (N = 11) compares how data assessed with RFID badges correspond with video data of the same interactions (construct validity) and how this fit can be improved using straightforward data processing strategies. The analyses show that the RFID badges have a sensitivity of 50%, which can be enhanced to 65% when flickering signals with gaps of less than 75 s are interpolated. The specificity is relatively less affected by this interpolation process (before interpolation 97%, after interpolation 94.7%)—resulting in an improved accuracy of the measurement. In Study 2 (N = 73) we show that self-report data of social interactions correspond highly with data gathered with the RFID badges (criterion validity).
Behavior Research Methods, 51 (5)
ISSN:1554-351X
ISSN:1554-3528
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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