Innovations in sampling: Improving the appropriateness and quality of samples in organizational research

MJ Zickar, MG Keith - Annual Review of Organizational …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Technology has changed the way that organizational researchers obtain participants for
their research studies. Although technology has facilitated the collection of large quantities …

Paid online convenience samples in gambling studies: Questionable data quality

D Pickering, A Blaszczynski - International Gambling Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The use of non-probability Internet panels and crowdsource websites is increasing in
gambling research. These paid online sampling methods offer a convenient and …

The shape of and solutions to the MTurk quality crisis

R Kennedy, S Clifford, T Burleigh… - … Science Research and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Amazon's Mechanical Turk is widely used for data collection; however, data quality may be
declining due to the use of virtual private servers to fraudulently gain access to studies …

[HTML][HTML] Threats of bots and other bad actors to data quality following research participant recruitment through social media: Cross-sectional questionnaire

R Pozzar, MJ Hammer, M Underhill-Blazey… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Recruitment of health research participants through social media is becoming
more common. In the United States, 80% of adults use at least one social media platform …

Mechanical Turk data collection in addiction research: Utility, concerns and best practices

AM Mellis, WK Bickel - Addiction, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) provides a crowdsourcing platform for the
engagement of potential research participants with data collection instruments. This review …

Evaluating and improving the quality of survey data from panel and crowd-sourced samples: A practical guide for psychological research.

J Belliveau, I Yakovenko - Experimental and Clinical …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The use of crowd-sourced and panel survey data in addiction research has become
widespread. However, the validity of data obtained from newer panels such as Qualtrics has …

Using mechanical turk to study parents and children: an examination of data quality and representativeness

A Jensen-Doss, ZS Patel, E Casline… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Objective Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a popular data collection tool that is
increasingly used to study parents and children. We examined the quality of data obtained …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating statistical and visual analytic methods for bot identification of health-related survey data

AT Chen, M Komi, S Bessler, SP Mikles… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective In recent years, we have increasingly observed issues concerning quality of online
information due to misinformation and disinformation. Aside from social media, there is …

Chasing spammers: Using the Internet protocol address for detection

L Sáez‐Ortuño, S Forgas‐Coll… - Psychology & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The proliferation of reviews evaluating different services on social networks and online
platforms and their importance in consumer decision‐making has led some unscrupulous …

What influences audience susceptibility to fake health news: An experimental study using a dual model of information processing in credibility assessment

HT Vu, Y Chen - Health Communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This experimental study investigates the effects of several heuristic cues and systematic
factors on users' misinformation susceptibility in the context of health news. Specifically, it …