Editing Recall bias (section)

{{Short description|Type of cognitive bias}}
In [[epidemiological]] research, '''recall bias''' is a [[systematic error]] caused by differences in the accuracy or completeness of the [[recollection]]s retrieved ("recalled") by study participants regarding events or experiences from the past.<ref name="Last2000">{{cite book|editor=Last, John M|title=A Dictionary of Epidemiology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPaQY8cG4N4C&pg=PA153|access-date=28 March 2013|date=30 November 2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977434-0|page=153}}</ref>  It is sometimes also referred to as '''[[response bias]]''', '''responder bias''' or '''[[reporting bias]]'''.