Table 2.
Participants within each group were further classified based on their observed performance.
| Category | Definition | Example |
| 1 (novice user) | No experience with smartphones and basic capability with feature phone. | A user who does not own any sort of mobile phone OR a user who does own a feature phone but cannot demonstrate to satisfactory level that they can make a call, receive a call, and send or receive a text message without problems. |
| 2 (intermediate or average tech user) | Perfect capability with feature phone, but limited capability with smartphones, may have been exposed to touch screen interfaces before. | A user who does own a feature phone and can demonstrate to a satisfactory level that they can make a call, receive a call, and send a text message OR a user who owns a smartphone and can demonstrate to a satisfactory level that they can make and receive a call but who cannot effectively send a text message. |
| 3 (competent user or familiar with Internet technologies and mobile devices) | Adequate capability with (own) smartphone or with related touch screen devices (such as a tablet) | A user who owns a smartphone and can demonstrate satisfactorily that they can make or receive a call, receive a call, and send a text message OR a user who owns a tablet and can successfully send an email to the researcher. |