10 Steps to help prevent Survey Fraud By Richard Collins Askiadesign, Askiafield 15th August 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Survey fraud is a serious problem that can have a significant impact on the quality of market research data – the very life blood of the insights industry. And it is a growing problem. Some industry commentators now believe that up to a third of the data being collected is being discarding because of quality concerns and panel fraud. This is a big deal. There are several different ways to commit survey fraud, including: Impersonating respondents: This is when someone pretends to be someone else in order to…
Anti-fraud Technique for Open Questions By Richard Collins Askiadesign, Askiafield, Customers 11th July 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter One of the most enjoyable aspects of my role is engaging with clients in person and gaining insight into how they utilise Askia. I am constantly amazed by the ingenuity of our users and the resourceful ways they optimise their survey businesses with our platform. A recent visit to Warwick to meet with Consumer Insight provided a shining example of this. We were discussing the thorny issue of survey fraud and data quality with Craig Meikle and Jack Wood. I was relaying some of the excellent information that…