Synthetic respondents

Fabricated, automated, AI-generated, or otherwise non-human survey participants that can contaminate results. Detection requires layered controls; no single signal is decisive.

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Synthetic respondents

Anonymization
Audit trail
Data lineage
De-identified data
Fraud detection
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This guide is educational, not a substitute for a poll’s full methodology statement. Terms should be interpreted within the design and limitations of the specific research.