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The checklist, based on the included case studies and wider literature, can be used to help researchers who use online recruitment and data collection methods at each stage, from planning and conducting through to analyzing and reporting their findings. Researchers should include several steps to prevent and identify fraudulent survey responses when creating surveys and completing data cleaning. This checklist should also be considered in grant applications and ethics applications. This will provide greater confidence in the research findings and reduce unnecessary waste of research time and resources.
Authors
- Anna F Timperio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012)
- Kate Dullaghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1537-0605)
- Débora Tornquist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7363-1669)
- Lauren Arundell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-4104)
- Anthony Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-429X)
- Felipe Barreto Schuch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5190-4515)
- Megan Teychenne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-8255)
- Thea Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3263-1026)
- Heilok Cheng
- Jo Salmon
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Universidad Autónoma de Chile (CL)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/76622
- Primary Topic
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00