self-reporting
Declaring your own
Self-reporting is providing information about yourself, typically in surveys, medical intake, or research contexts: Self-reporting of symptoms can be unreliable.
The term often carries an implicit caveat—self-reported data depends on honesty and accuracy that can't be independently verified.
As an adjective, it describes systems or forms designed to gather such information: a self-reporting questionnaire.
Act of revealing information
- declarationFormal public announcement
- filingStoring documents systematically
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
- auditFormal accounts examination
verification · certification · attestation · documentation · record-keeping · transparency · accountability · mandatory
Formal inquiry form
- surveySystematic data collection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- diaryPersonal daily record
- logSectioned tree trunk
checklist · inventory · scale · instrument · measure · assessment · screening · intake
Stating fewer than actual
- overreportingDeclaring excessive amounts
- minimizationMaking as small as possible
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- denialRefusal to accept reality
distortion · malingering · acquiescence · misattribution · anchoring · telescoping · honesty · candor
Awareness of own reasoning
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- first-person"I" as narrator
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
disclosure
Act of revealing information
- declarationFormal public announcement
- filingStoring documents systematically
- regulatoryInvolving official oversight
audit · verification · certification · attestation · documentation · record-keeping · transparency · accountability · mandatory · voluntary
questionnaire
Formal inquiry form
log · checklist · inventory · scale · instrument · measure · assessment · screening · intake · baseline
underreporting
Stating fewer than actual
- overreportingDeclaring excessive amounts
- minimizationMaking as small as possible
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
denial · distortion · malingering · acquiescence · misattribution · anchoring · telescoping · honesty · candor
metacognition
Awareness of own reasoning
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- first-person"I" as narrator
PRO
Abbreviated organizational title
- attendance methodsroll call, sign-in sheet, time clock, punch card, badge swipe
- honor systemhonor code, honor pledge, honesty box, academic integrity, code of honor
- honour systemshonor codes, academic integrity, scout's honor, gentleman's agreements, handshake deals
- honor codehonor code, no cheating, honesty, integrity, no lying
self-reportingcorroborated
Confirmed as true
validated · cross-checked · audited · fact-checked · substantiated
self-reportingbiometric data
Measurable bodily characteristics
direct observation · laboratory testing · behavioral tracking
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