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Why Less is More: Improving Fraud Detection with More FocusBy Rich Ratcliff, CTrO In today’s “want it all now” environment, simplicity and precision drive the greatest value. “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth...
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CEO Monthly Reflection | October 2024 | Giving Researchers the Keys to QualityBy Terence McCarron Our industry loves debating fraud prevention techniques. Commonly, these debates happen with little data, but lots of opinions. Because of vendor frustration, researchers have grown more vocal in sounding the alarm bells. Meanwhile, those vendors push back...
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Quality Corner | June 2024 | Are your speed checks still catching the bad guys?By Rich Ratcliff With our new release of ResponseID, our in-survey fraud detection technology, we have data to shed light on unseen survey fraud in a way that makes us rethink the usual programmatic survey checks. Over the years, there...
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Quality Corner | April 2024 | Enhancing the Researcher’s Data ReviewsResearcher Data Review is Vital, and so are deep tech diagnostics. Researchers need the right tools to complement their expertise during data reviews. We often get asked some variation of the question, “What can happen to a dataset that I won’t...
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Securing the Survey LinkThe Unaddressed Challenge of Survey Link Security By Rich Ratcliff, Chief Trust Officer Regardless of the industry, the integrity of data collection processes is paramount. The Market Research ecosystem has a unique challenge that has persisted for over a decade:...
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Behind the Headline: Fraud Detection MethodsBy Terence McCarron Can Survey Fraud Detection be enhanced by Facial Recognition? OpinionRoute breaks down headlines from industry news that relate to online surveys, online sample, data quality and relevant topics through our lens into the ecosystem. Headline: KANTAR AND...
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Data Quality Should Not Be a Magic Trickby Rich Ratcliff, Chief Trust Officer In the enchanting world of market research, data quality has often been likened to a mythical creature – elusive, mysterious, and, for some, unbelievable. Well, it's time to dispel the myth with a dose...
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Language Matters | Online Sample Word SaladBy Terence McCarron Have you recently read the websites of some of the biggest sample firms? I’m a 25-year veteran of the sample space. I know the ins and outs of the business at a very deep level. Yet, sometimes...
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Why and How to Blend Sample Sourcing in Your Online SurveyBy Meghan Ellrich When writing a research paper, an author likely would not rely on one source for all the data. At OpinionRoute, we believe in this principle for online research. Every field plan we create is custom and includes...