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Sponsored White Paper: The Devil Is in the Data: This research-on-research report explains how DMS Research profiled and examined panelists and survey respondents in detail based on their survey-taking behavior to help determine how questionnaires can be designed to gather the most accurate information from different types of respondents.
QRCA responds to article on qualitative cheaters: QRCA member Judy Langer responds to Marc Goodin's article addressing professional respondents in qualitative research and details what action has been and can be taken to control cheaters and repeaters.
By the Numbers: Make your international phone interviews successful in any language: When conducting international telephone interviews, choose your vendor carefully, the author says. Look for experience, native-speaking interviewers, flexibility, attention to detail and the use of in-language monitoring.
No more Mr. Nice Guy: professional respondents in qualitative research: The author sheds light on the problem of professional respondents in qualitative research and offers several steps researchers and recruiters can take to ferret out the cheaters.
How market research can defend false-advertising claims: Marketing research can play a major role in resolving false-advertising claims. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of litigation research and how to make timely, objective research your best ally.

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Surveying collegiate Net surfers -- Web methodology or mythology: Though data collection via the Internet has been growing in popularity, no one seems completely sure what to make of data gathered using this medium. The most heated debate regards validity. Brigham Young University used a split-method survey of on-campus residents to test the impacts of two different methods of data collection on self-selection and sampling bias: one electronic, one paper.
Sex, lies and the Internet: While the Internet can be a great research tool, it’s important to note that research via the Internet and about Internet use regards private behavior, which makes self-reported information highly susceptible to misrepresentation. Using a case study, this article discusses minimizing lying and finding better ways to estimate actual behavior.
How to catch a cheat: An overview of the current thinking on how to thwart dishonest survey respondents.
A statistical approach to security/past participation problems: To combat respondent validity issues, conduct on-site interviews. That way you'll know exactly who you're talking to.
Does speed kill the data?: Some researchers have wondered if the rapid pace at which online surveys can be completed has introduced some of the same problems associated with overnight phone studies. The authors argue for the use of replicate sampling, which divides the sample frame into mini-samples, which researchers work one at a time to prevent a certain type of consumer from being disproportionately represented in the final data set.