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SUBMITTER: Eagle N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2741241 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eagle Nathan N Pentland Alex Sandy AS Lazer David D
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090817 36
Data collected from mobile phones have the potential to provide insight into the relational dynamics of individuals. This paper compares observational data from mobile phones with standard self-report survey data. We find that the information from these two data sources is overlapping but distinct. For example, self-reports of physical proximity deviate from mobile phone records depending on the recency and salience of the interactions. We also demonstrate that it is possible to accurately infer ...[more]