self-report
noun
self-re·port
ˌself-ri-ˈpȯrt 
: a report about one's behavior provided especially by one who is a subject of research
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For a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 198, 417 female parents of children up to age 17 were asked to self-report their mental and physical condition from the years 2016 to 2023, on a four-category scale: excellent, very good, good and fair/poor.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 28 May 2025
The Illinois Youth Survey is a self-report survey administered in school settings across the state every other year.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Instead, most measures of soft skills remain self-reported, ambiguous, or conveniently anecdotal.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The state dashboard’s data on the number of positions is self-reported from the school districts, said Meg Bates, the director of the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 28 May 2025
The Illinois Youth Survey is a self-report survey administered in school settings across the state every other year.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Instead, most measures of soft skills remain self-reported, ambiguous, or conveniently anecdotal.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The state dashboard’s data on the number of positions is self-reported from the school districts, said Meg Bates, the director of the Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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“Self-report.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-report. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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