No Easy Fix for Bogus Respondents in Online Opt-In Polls

27-08-2026 17:01 via pewresearch.org

No Easy Fix for Bogus Respondents in Online Opt-In Polls

A new study examining online opt-in polling finds that while removing bogus respondents generally improves data quality, no single method reliably solves the problem.

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Appendix: What are bogus respondents?

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