Fake Survey!
I had to distribute 200 questionnaires to collect the data but I am lagging far behind. Can I fill the excel sheet of data myself? That would be like too easy and make my life simple. But I am afraid of the risks associated with this unethical way. Has anyone done something like this before and didn’t get caught?
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sophiaw740 7:41 am on April 28, 2016 Permalink |
I am no one to judge, but that is so not ethical. Anyway, people do that all the time, though I don’t know if they got caught or not.
dolliejgandy 11:20 am on May 9, 2016 Permalink |
Yes you can do that, my friend faked it too. In fact he didn’t even fill out the questionnaires, just developed a fake excel sheet. There were 200 quantitative questionnaires to be distributed. He just filled out the excel sheet with the fake responses (in 1s and 2s…etc.). Then he gave the sheet to the statistician and got the analysis done. As simple as that. And the shocking thing is that nobody asked for his filled questionnaire. So, the thing about fake survey is that if someone runs a background check, you are gonna be in deep trouble and if no one gives a damn, then that’s freaking awesome!
minttyt 9:14 am on May 17, 2016 Permalink |
I think I can go with this idea but what if I am asked for the filled questionnaires?
dolliejgandy 11:58 am on May 23, 2016 Permalink |
Then you’re gonna have to show them the dummy questionnaire, which is next to impossible as you’ll have to match your results to what you have to fill. But you can do that, or just fill your questionnaire before, and then run the analysis. That will be easy.
tappedward 11:48 am on June 1, 2016 Permalink |
Tell your friends to fill up your questionnaire according to the results you want and just lay-back. Easy-peasy!
alexoliphaant 11:59 am on June 3, 2016 Permalink |
Hi Minty! I‘ll suggest you not to fake all the 200 questionnaire. Instead you can develop an online questionnaire and post it on Survey Monkey https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Through this website you will be able to create a genuine questionnaire and you will not require to fake your data.
tedg8 10:44 am on June 28, 2016 Permalink |
Pass on your questionnaires to your relatives, friends or friends’ friends. Ask them to fill it with different pens with different handwriting styles. That way it won’t look that fake. And yeah, the questionnaires may be fake but do run a real analysis!
sharonbaneey1 5:34 am on July 1, 2016 Permalink |
Faking surveys is not uncommon now, reason being the-lack-of-time or financial constraints. If you type on Google, you’d find several options for faking a survey. I haven’t tried an online tool for that matter, but I have used “Fake Name Generator” (fakenamegenerator.com). See, this online tool generates fake names with fake addresses of people. So, you can take its help for filling the demographic profiles for your survey.