This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education will advance methods for detecting and deterring cheating on online surveys. The $250,000 award, effective July 15, 2024 through June 30, 2027, will develop new techniques to identify and mitigate the impact of respondents looking up answers, which threatens the validity of survey-based research across the social and natural sciences. The research will test strategies for detecting cheating, such as monitoring page switching and response times, as well as deterrence methods like instructions and pledges. The project will also analyze how the prevalence of cheating varies by research topic and its effects on measures of knowledge and knowledge disparities. The resulting methodological tools and theoretical framework will help researchers assess and address cheating in their own online survey projects.
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