Contextual data

Current consensus

Contextual data is all information which doesn’t change during the study but helps explain the observations or document their values.

Explanation

Contextual data may be directly collected, generated for the purpose of the experiment, already exist, or retrieved from external data sources. They contain, for instance, background information – such as infrastructure characteristics (e.g., map data) and vehicle -driver characteristics and roles during automated driving, including questionnaire results.