Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Subst Abus. 2020;41(3):283-285. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2020.1784362.
Most human subjects research involving contact with participants has been halted in the US due to the COVID-19 crisis. We have been testing an online method to recruit and survey participants as a temporary replacement for our street-intercept survey method. Online surveys already generate less generalizable findings than other surveys, but offering compensation for online survey completion further reduces generalizability because this increases mischievous submissions. In this letter we discuss methods to help detect invalid responses, such as utilizing a screener to test for eligibility and using flags to detect mischievous responses and repeat submissions. We recommend that researchers approach online recruitment and surveying with caution.
由于 COVID-19 危机，大多数涉及与参与者接触的人体研究在美国已经停止。我们一直在测试一种在线方法来招募和调查参与者，作为我们街头拦截调查方法的临时替代方法。在线调查已经产生比其他调查更不可推广的结果，但为在线调查完成提供补偿会进一步降低推广性，因为这会增加恶意提交。在这封信中，我们讨论了帮助检测无效回复的方法，例如利用筛选器测试资格和使用标志来检测恶意回复和重复提交。我们建议研究人员谨慎地采用在线招募和调查方法。
