Reporting bias and underreporting in particular are significant problems in research investigating sensitive topics like abuse and parenting, and these problems are further compounded by
poor measurement instruments.
Not exact matches
Measurement error can be either be due to
instrument error or artifacts due to
poor siting («the asphalt effect»).
To adjust historic
instrument readings seems sloppy
measurement practice and will produce
poor scientific thinking — eg, the adjusted results are estimates of the temperature record, not the record itself.