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Abstract

We analyze 330,000 hours of continuous behavioral data logged by the mobile phones of 94 subjects, and compare these observations with self-report relational data. The information from these two data sources is overlapping but distinct, and the accuracy of self-report data is considerably affected by such factors as the recency and salience of particular interactions. We present a new method for precise measurements of large-scale human behavior based on contextualized proximity and communication data alone, and identify characteristic behavioral signatures of relationships that allowed us to accurately predict 95% of the reciprocated friendships in the study. Using these behavioral signatures we can predict, in turn, individual-level outcomes such as job satisfaction.

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