Published on in Vol 22, No 10 (2020): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23021, first published .
Threats of Bots and Other Bad Actors to Data Quality Following Research Participant Recruitment Through Social Media: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire

Threats of Bots and Other Bad Actors to Data Quality Following Research Participant Recruitment Through Social Media: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire

Threats of Bots and Other Bad Actors to Data Quality Following Research Participant Recruitment Through Social Media: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire

Rachel Pozzar   1 , RN, PhD ;   Marilyn J Hammer   1 , RN, DC, PhD ;   Meghan Underhill-Blazey   1, 2 , APRN, PhD ;   Alexi A Wright   3 , MPH, MD ;   James A Tulsky   4 , MD ;   Fangxin Hong   5 , PhD ;   Daniel A Gundersen   6 , PhD ;   Donna L Berry   1, 7 , RN, PhD

1 Phyllis F Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

2 School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States

3 McGraw/Patterson Center for Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

4 Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

5 Department of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

6 Survey and Data Management Core, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States

7 Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Rachel Pozzar, RN, PhD
  • Phyllis F Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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  • Email: rachel_pozzar@dfci.harvard.edu