Strategies to address participant misrepresentation for eligibility in Web-based research

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-129

  Kramer, Jessica ^a   Rubin, Amy ^b   Coster, Wendy ^a   Helmuth, Eric ^a   Hermos, John ^b   Rosenbloom, David ^a   Moed, Rich ^c   Dooley, Meghan ^a   Kao, Ying Chia ^a   Liljenquist, Kendra ^a   Brief, Deborah ^d   Enggasser, Justin ^d   Keane, Terence ^d   Roy, Monica ^d   Lachowicz, Mark ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CREcare   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet data collection; Participant misrepresentation; Recruitment and enrollment methods; Sampling methods; World wide web data collection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897604558     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1415     Document Type: Article

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