Online Recruitment of Qualitative Study Participants: Lessons Online Recruitment of Qualitative Study Participants: Lessons Learned

The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to an increase in online recruitment of research participants as in-person interactions were limited. For quantitative and self-administered surveys, fraud and bot detection methods have been initiated to verify intended participants. However, there is limited infor...

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Published in:	Health Behavior Research
Main Authors:	Erika L. Thompson, Stacey B. Griner, Jessica Grace, Grace Maynard, Idara N. Akpan, Kaeli Johnson, Nathaniel Webb, Sarah A. Alkhatib, Nolan S. Kline
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Prairie Press 2024-09-01
Subjects:	recruitment qualitative research online virtual focus groups
Online Access:	https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1231&context=hbr

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