Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire through recalling the use of CAM in the past years; recall bias may exist during the data collection process.
If noise exists in the data observations from faulty collection procedures, aggregation in the reported data, or another source, then the calibrated model is unlikely to fit the data exactly.
As noted in earlier studies, similar limitations driven by variability in data collection protocols still exist in the data describing antagonistic networks [29], [50], [51].
(Section V.B.2.c) · Ensure that a mechanism exists to differentiate between unintentionally skipped and intentionally unanswered questions in the data collection form and database.
C.H. aided in the data collection of Sedentaria.
H.H.L., Y.Y.S., X.T.L., and Y.N.W. participated in the data collection.
TU helped in the data collection.
RLHF participated in the data collection.
SK participated in the data collection and data analysis.
XZ participated in the data collection.
