Editorial: A dearth of apps for psychology: the mind, the phone, and the battery
"Oedipus complex" "penis envy" "oral fixation" and "interpreting dreams" From the peering into the unconscious mind in the days of Sigmund Freud (Freud, 1940) to the deep questions of evil (Haney, Banks, Jaffe Zimbardo. 1972; Milgram 1978) the field of Psychology has been enigmatic since its birth. Despite having clear useful applications (e.g. lie detection, people management, etc. the field is still regarded by many to be an 'art' rather than 'science' While psychology often relied on qualitative observation (Denzin Lincoln, 2009) the field also utilized quantitative experimental analysis (see example: Brown 21 Ryan, 2003) which had benefited from the use of computer programs e.g. E Prime (Schneider et al. 2002) SAS Institute (2004) etc. The uses of these software are tantamount to high accuracy of data collected in certain sub disciplines such as cognitive or neuropsychology where cognitive speed and response time are measured (see example: Truedsson et al. 2015. More commonly, the use of surveys are highly prevalent and can be used to gather quantitative selfreported data (see examples: Gan, Lim, Haw 2015; Yew et al. 2015) due to their ease of administration. Although the use of "pen and paper" approach previously dominated data collection, modern day analysis and collection of data are increasingly performed by software that are not only more convenient, but give more accurate measurements. While these software expectedly help to calculate and crunch numbers for statistical analysis in quantitative research, they can also be used in qualitative research. Such qualitative targetted software include speech to text software for transcription of qualitative interviews, and video analysis software for body languages (Koch Zumbach 2002) Although useful, these computer programs and equipment also spatially bound researchers and participants