TY - JOUR
T1 - Letter to the Editor: A possible threat to data integrity for online qualitative autism research
AU - Pellicano, Elizabeth
AU - Adams, Dawn
AU - Crane, Laura
AU - Hollingue, Calliope
AU - Allen, Connie
AU - Almendinger, Katherine
AU - Botha, Monique
AU - Haar, Tori
AU - Kapp, Steven K.
AU - Wheeley, Elizabeth
N1 - Letter so no full text
PY - 2023/5/22
Y1 - 2023/5/22
N2 - Researchers are increasingly relying on online methods for data collection, including for qualitative research involving interviews and focus groups. In this letter, we alert autism researchers to a possible threat to data integrity in such studies: “scammer” participants, who may be posing as autistic people and/or parents of autistic children in research studies, presumably for financial gain. Here, we caution qualitative autism researchers to be vigilant of potential scammer participants in their online studies and invite a broader discussion about the implications of such fraudulent acts.
AB - Researchers are increasingly relying on online methods for data collection, including for qualitative research involving interviews and focus groups. In this letter, we alert autism researchers to a possible threat to data integrity in such studies: “scammer” participants, who may be posing as autistic people and/or parents of autistic children in research studies, presumably for financial gain. Here, we caution qualitative autism researchers to be vigilant of potential scammer participants in their online studies and invite a broader discussion about the implications of such fraudulent acts.
UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613231174543
U2 - 10.1177/13623613231174543
DO - 10.1177/13623613231174543
M3 - Letter
SN - 1362-3613
JO - Autism
JF - Autism
ER -