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The use of telemetering and remote communication devices is becoming increasingly popular in clinical and social psychology. There are, however, a number of technical, economic, and social constraints that may limit severely the practical application of such instrumentation. A brief review of certain design factors including communication modality, social acceptability, complexity of the system, relative cost, data-reduction procedures, and FCC regulations is presented as a preliminary guide to system development.
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The preparation of this paper was supported in part by NIMH Grant R01-MH15838 and by HEW Contract No. OE6-10-316.
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Schwitzgebel, R.L., Bird, R.M. Sociotechnical design factors in remote instrumentation with humans in natural environments. Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 2, 99–105 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03211014
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