self-report

Ski resorts self-report 23 percent more snowfall on weekends; there is no such weekend effect in government precipitation data.

Snow job: new article on false advertising at ski resorts Rebecca Tushnet 2009

The study's authors recognised possible limitations – it relied on self-report by parents and was small, but they believed it was the first study of its type.

Baby weight: finger foods better than spoon-feeding, study suggests 2012

I performed an adult ADHD assessment that involved interviewing the client for a couple of hours (including full screening for disorders and a developmental history), interviewing his mother for a couple of hours and administering validated ADHD self-report scales to the client, his father and best friend.

The New Yorker on the underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs. - Boing Boing 2009

Ski resorts self-report 23 percent more snowfall on weekends; there is no such weekend effect in government precipitation data.

Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

To think that some doctors use a self-report symptom checklist for "diagnosing" a disorder is mind-boggling.

The New Yorker on the underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs. - Boing Boing 2009

Love: A self-report analysis with college students.

Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

Compare this to the Flash Forward where the investigators (off camera) put up a wiki of sorts to allow people to self-report their “flash-forwards” … which the investigators then data mine.

Watching V (spoilers) « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2009

All of them are based on self-report and so not ideal in any case.

Match.com Success Rates published. « The Paradigm Shift 2009

In recent years, influenced by industry lobbyists, the rules have been so watered down that commercial broadcasters do little more than self-report on their service to the public.

Why Fox News should help fund NPR Steve Coll 2010

These self-report analyses are actually quite useful IMHO, especially when done as part of a longitudinal study, although inevitably people will arrive at wildly different conclusions (including the conclusion that you can already do the appropriate filtering with off-the-shelf tools, which is partly true).

Why Email Clients Need to Change 2009