Identifying and preventing fraudulent responses in online public health surveys: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Web-based survey data collection has become increasingly popular, and limitations on in-person data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic have fueled this growth. However, the anonymity of the online environment increases the risk of fraudulent responses provided by bots or those who complete surv...

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Main Authors: June Wang, Gabriela Calderon, Erin R Hager, Lorece V Edwards, Andrea A Berry, Yisi Liu, Janny Dinh, August C Summers, Katherine A Connor, Megan E Collins, Laura Prichett, Beth R Marshall, Sara B Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001452&type=printable