A longitudinal research method in which participants collect information by recording a personal diary about the subject of interest. Can be used to collect answers in response to questions about a phenomenon or event, or capture data as events take place.
Feedback studies ask participants to answer questions about the subject of interest at assigned times or intervals, while Elicitation studies are more contemporaneous and capture data as events unfold.
Research term
Methodology
Sullivan, Brian K. (August 9, 2012). “5 methods to collect data with diary studies”. Big Design. Retrieved September 24, 2016
