First, a patient has a selfish interest in providing truthful information in order to obtain treatment.
But the Supreme Court said that restricting free speech should be a last resort, writing, "We have previously rejected the notion that the government has an interest in preventing the dissemination of truthful commercial information in order to prevent members of the public from making bad decisions with the information".
The measure would prevent lawmakers from forcing overseas groups "to sacrifice their right to free speech and their obligation to provide truthful, comprehensive information to patients in order to participate in U.S. supported programs".
35 36 37 Furthermore, some patients might not be completely truthful about subsequent suicide attempts in order to perform well when interviewed by the researcher, hence a risk of performance bias.
In order to provide truthful inferences of examined effect, statistical analysis of test day records must be conducted in a very specific way.
More specifically, this means that data collection needs to be sensitive to: (a) reducing biases in specific types of data, (b) the specific data sensitivities with regards to vulnerable groups, (c) processing and analytics in order to remain truthful, and (d) being cautious not to perpetuate or increase the vulnerabilities of groups by emphasizing differences.
In order to be truthful, we must acknowledge that certain questions, like the origins of the first living cells, currently have no credible scientific answer.
Of course, many of the techniques a screen actor uses in order to deliver a truthful, interesting character will be similar to those used on stage.
For example, in 911 calls, deceivers will manage the linguistic and paralinguistic features of their interaction with the dispatcher in order to appear as truthful as possible and not to induce suspicion.
Reliable estimates of treatment effects are however still crucial in order to paint a truthful picture of the various associations in the data set under study.
