Using SMS text messaging for teaching and data collection in the behavioral sciences |
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| Authors: | Stian Reimers Neil Stewart |
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| Institution: | (1) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, 6701 Rockledge Dr, Room 10224, MSC 7936, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, USA;(2) School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6106, USA;(3) National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN 4082, Bethesda, MD 20892-7335, USA;(4) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, NIH, 31 Center Dr., Room B1C19, MSC 2027, Bethesda, MD 20892-2027, USA;(5) National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6226, MSC 9615, Bethesda, MD 20892-9615, USA;(6) Department of Psychology and Public Health, Health Research and Policy Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 850 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60607, USA |
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| Abstract: | Recent interest in university teaching has focused on interactivity in lectures and practical classes, and teachers in several
fields have set up systems in which students can interact with the lecturer using mobile-phonebased SMS text messaging. This
approach has particular potential in psychology, where students could use SMS messaging as a way of responding in simple psychology
experiments or demonstrations. We describe a simple architecture for an SMS-based responding, using an SMS-to-HTTP message
relay service, and a PHP/MySQL input-output handler. We describe briefly two experiments we have run using the system. The
first experiment examined anchoring effects in an SMS-based auction. The second experiment examined delay discounting, with
participants indicating their intertemporal preferences using SMS. Finally, we evaluate the feedback we obtained from students
about the practical and conceptual issues surrounding text-message-based responding. |
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