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Bot Detection and Dyadic Surveys

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Can Political Motivation Play a Part in the Pandemic?

There could be multiple motivations. This seems, in some sense, almost a little insivtious to do. Why would someone mess with a research study like this that seems like almost you would harm the people who actually you want to survey? So, that's the motivation of a person to give a dishonest response. The other thing that I don't really know exactly what the reason would be, but some research has shown that studies that focus on underrepresented populations have been targets of these bots and individuals misrepresenting themselves. And I believe there's been some indication that this is a political motivation.

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