Sometimes the bias in a study is really hard to detect. In this case, it takes some digging, but it's there. We read that "with its undeniable focus on networking – next to learning – we see participating in traditional f2f-conferences to remain an important activity in the future for most researchers, even for technology-savvy ones." Now this may actually be true, but in this study data was collected from participants in three conferences. But note: "All conferences were originally planned to take place in Germany but were moved to the virtual space." So the sample is weighted toward people who had already chosen to attend the conference in person. It leaves out those for whom a trip to Germany, even in pre-pandemic times, was an impossibility.
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