noun, verb — 6 senses
Human sciences, Medicine, Psychology, Sciences A report of a respondent of a survey or an interview about their internal state or perception, such as of pain, contrasting to measurement using a measuring device and to observations made by other people.
To respond to a query, such as a survey, with data or information regarding oneself.
Etymology From self- + report. Noun sense 2 was coined by players of Among Us, in which the impostor can report the body of another player they have just killed, as if having just discovered it guiltlessly.
A kind of survey or questionnaire in which respondents read the questions and select responses by themselves, without researcher interference.
Informal Something said by someone with the purpose of conveying a neutral stance on a subject but unintentionally leading to that person's bias being revealed.
Etymology From self- + report. Noun sense 2 was coined by players of Among Us, in which the impostor can report the body of another player they have just killed, as if having just discovered it guiltlessly.
To respond in this manner.
To report one's own problems or failings.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for self report and self-report.