= Synthetic Respondents = '''Synthetic respondents''' refer to LLM-generated survey responses. <> ---- == Description == An LLM is prompted like 'Respond as if you are _', where the completion is a relevant individual factor like a demographic group, a personality trait like openness, or a level of survey attention. A survey instrument is then fed in. This forms a synthetic response. By repeating this process for every combination, a sample of synthetic respondents is collected. ---- CategoryRicottone