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“…Among 1008 surveys, their test flagged 17% as likely to contain a significant portion of fabricated data. Fortunately, the researchers, Michael Robbins and Noble Kuriakose, point to the likely culprit: “The basis of the test is the likelihood, by chance alone, that two respondents will give highly similar answers to questions on a survey. MORE
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