Context and events

This is the landing page for everything related to the context and events that may affect the process you are studying.

Psychological or other social science processes are likely to be affected by the context the process operates in, and external events that may occur along the way. It is important to consider the importance of the context and events for your process of interest, so you know what to measure about the context and events in addition to the core constructs of your process. You may also tailor your sampling design to events.

Below we have specified multiple articles that guide you to assess external factors that may affect your process.

Think more about context and events

The role of events

It may be important to observe events if they are assumed to influence the process of interest.

Measurement designs that capture events

Setting up your measurement design to adequately capture events.

  • [Measurement burst designs]
  • [Event-contingent sampling designs]

Noémi K. Schuurman

Last modified: 2025-04-10