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Managing and minimizing online survey questionnaire fraud: lessons from the Triple C project

Aasli Abdi Nura Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Christine Leibbrandb Office of Planning and Budgeting, University of Washington, Seattle, USAView further author information
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Sara R Currana Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9353-4287View further author information
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Elizabeth Votruba-Drzalc Department of Psychology, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0708-1205View further author information
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Christina Gibson-Davisd Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-6494View further author information
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Received 11 Jun 2022, Accepted 16 Jun 2023, Published online: 03 Jul 2023

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