Calibrating the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and similar watershed models to the hydrograph at the watershed outlet may not reflect accurate partitioning of runoff among hydrologic response units (HRUs), and default runoff parameters for HRUs are often a poor representation of reality.
First, case reporting to the Reference Center was unsolicited and may not reflect accurate epidemiology and disease severity.
In addition, information on the cost of the different programs may not reflect accurate economic reports since we relied on the information reported in the questionnaire.
IDUs recruited from detoxification centers could be an easier target for harm reduction programs than IDUs in the community, which are generally harder to reach; therefore, the trends of HIV incidence among detoxification users may not reflect accurate trends among non-detoxification users.
However, in absolute terms the changes were not so great as to be a concern and may, in fact, reflect accurate re-labelling.
The difference in linkage rates may reflect less accurate information recorded for out-of-hospital deaths in younger persons.
The coverage of cancer registration has rapidly increased in China in recent years and may reflect more accurate cancer burdens among populations living in different areas.
A phylogenetic tree, showing ancestral relations among organisms, is commonly represented as a rooted tree with sets of bifurcating branches (dichotomies) for simplicity, although polytomies (multifurcating branches) may reflect more accurate evolutionary relationships.
To reduce the likelihood that participants would minimize or exaggerate, we utilized ACASI, which has been shown to increase reports of socially undesirable behaviors as compared with face-to-face interviews and pencil-and-paper surveys, which may reflect more accurate responding [ 54, 55].
With regard to the various measurement methods and contrasting descriptions and definitions used to assess femoral curvature, important characteristics of the femur may be ignored, which could reflect accurate space information regarding the femoral curvature.
