提高在线招聘数据可信度:在使用ResearchMatch时检测欺诈参与者的迹象和策略
Lauren M Pageau1, Jiying Ling1
1Michigan State University College of Nursing, 1355 Bogue St., East Lansing, MI, USA.
Contemporary clinical trials
|April 29, 2025
概括
近一半的在线调查回复是欺诈性的. 研究人员必须识别可疑的元数据,伪造的个人资料和不一致的数据,以确保可靠的研究结果从像ResearchMatch这样的平台.
科学领域:
- 临床研究 临床研究
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在线招聘平台使参与者更容易获得研究.
- 欺诈性的受访者和机器人损害了在线研究中的数据完整性.
- 识别欺诈性答案对于可靠的研究结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 识别在线研究招聘中欺诈性受访者的指标.
- 通过使用ResearchMatch在一项研究中评估欺诈性回复的普遍性.
- 提高通过在线平台收集的数据的可信度.
主要方法:
- 通过ResearchMatch招募参与者进行关于压力和应对的研究.
- 使用Qualtrics进行在线调查.
- 将Qualtrics和ResearchMatch的数据进行比较,以选欺诈性受访者.
主要成果:
- 识别了欺诈性受访者的六个关键标志:可疑的元数据,假地址,常见的西方名字,不一致/重复的数据,大量的医疗信息和短暂的完成时间.
- 通过ResearchMatch联系了63,284个账户,获得了928份调查答复.
- 确定大约46%的调查答复是欺诈性的.
结论:
- 欺诈的受访者对研究数据的完整性构成重大威胁.
- 在这项研究中,近一半的回复是欺诈性的,这突显了在线招聘的一个关键问题.
- 研究人员必须严格选欺诈数据,以确保准确可靠的研究结果.
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