ArticlePsychology and sexuality2022
Bots and nots: Safeguarding online survey research with underrepresented and diverse populations.
Article in Psychology and sexuality, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.
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43 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Recognising and mitigating LLM Pollution in online behavioural research.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Accessible, not Exploitable: Navigating fraud prevention in disability research.Disability and health journal · 2025Article
- Imposters, Bots, and Other Threats to Data Integrity in Online Research: Scoping Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Best Practices.Online journal of public health informatics · 2025Review
- Increasing Rigor in Online Health Surveys Through the Reduction of Fraudulent Data.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Assessing social support networks in cancer survivors and their care partners: concordance between expected and received support.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Attack of the bots: Lessons from a compromised online MSM survey.Epidemiology and infection · 2025Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the use of online recruitment and data collection for reaching historically underrepresented minorities (URMs) and other diverse groups. Preventing and detecting responses from automated accounts "bots" and those who misrepresent themselves is one challenge in utilizing online approaches. Through internet-mediated methods, interested LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ couples facing advanced cancer completed an interest form via REDCap®. Eligible participants received a direct link to electronic consent and surveys in REDCap®. Once responses to the interest form (N = 619) were received, the study PI: 1) assessed participants' entries and non-response survey data (time of completion, rate of recruitment, etc.), 2) temporarily postponed recruitment, 3) sent eligibility questionnaires, consent documents, and validated surveys to N= 10 couples and scrutinized these data for suspicious patterns or indications of untrustworthy data, 4) responded to potential participants via email, and 5) implemented additional strategies for detecting and preventing untrustworthy survey responses. Investigators must consider multi-step eligibility screening processes to detect and prevent the collection of untrustworthy data. Investigators' reliance on internet-mediated approaches for conducting research with diverse, hard-to-reach populations increases the importance of addressing threats to data validity. Ultimately, safeguarding internet-mediated research supports research accessibility and inclusion for URMs while also protecting participant data integrity.
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