Public Library of Science, PLoS Medicine, 10(9), p. e1001328, 2012
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001328
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An Essay by A. Cecile Janssens and Peter Kraft discusses the limitations inherent in research involving collection of self-reported data by self-selected participants, and makes proposals for upfront communication of such limitations to study participants.