Strategies and Lessons Learned During Cleaning of Data From Research Panel Participants: Cross-sectional Web-Based Health Behavior Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of web-based methods to collect population-based health behavior data has burgeoned over the past two decades. Researchers have used web-based platforms and research panels to study a myriad of topics. Data cleaning prior to statistical analysis of web-based survey data is an important step for data integrity. However, the data cleaning processes used by research teams are often not reported.

Objective

The objectives of this manuscript are to describe the use of a systematic approach to clean the data collected via a web-based platform from panelists and to share lessons learned with other research teams to promote high-quality data cleaning process improvements.

Methods

Data for this web-based survey study were collected from a research panel that

SUBMITTER: Arevalo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature