Given that membership of Anonymous is based entirely on self-identification, it seems that the only real way of assessing the group as a whole is on the basis of the kinds of actions it carries out.
There were some limitations of the study—in particular, that it was based entirely on self-reports.
This study was based entirely on self-reports by patients through an interviewer guided questionnaire.
Some misclassification of smoking status might be expected, since determination of short-term quitting was based entirely on self-report.
Questionnaires were sent to the patients by mail or filled out during clinical follow-up, without any assistance from the independent study physician to ensure that responses were based entirely on self-assessment.
On the other hand, data collection in this study was based entirely on self-report, and thus subject to recall bias, interviewer bias, differential reporting among cases and controls, and/or non-differential misclassification.
Moreover, our study was based entirely on self-report measures, which limited the breadth and nature of data that could be collected, such as past psychiatric history, severity of illness and other clinical variables.
Some universities provide CFA preparation course, but for most people the preparation is based entirely on self-study; you'll receive the curriculum when you register for the exam.
Second, data were based entirely on patients self-reporting; however, we do not think that method of data collection may represent a problem because self-reporting is the only way to collect subjective information about various domains of perceived health status.
It was based entirely on the self-serving statement of a student who was trying to deflect blame from herself.
