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title: Why Shouldn’t you Allow Participants to Skip Questions and why Shouldn’t I Reject Participants who Skipped Questions?
description: Please note that we are obligated to approve participants who provide quality data and complete the survey as permitted by the programming. If a participant chooses to skip many of the questions and t
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# Why Shouldn’t you Allow Participants to Skip Questions and why Shouldn’t I Reject Participants who Skipped Questions?

Please note that we are obligated to approve participants who provide quality data and complete the survey as permitted by the programming. If a participant chooses to skip many of the questions and this is allowed by the survey programming, we are required to approve and charge you for them since they completed the survey fairly. If you have essential questions that need to be answered, we recommend enabling a forced response in your survey programming. 

Rejections should occur in cases where data quality is low. For example, if a participant provides a poor written response, straight-lines, or fails an attention check, we recommend rejecting them. 

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