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MIC 121 Laboratory safety and ethics in microbiology Objective Question
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Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies 'Fabrication' in research integrity?
Options
A Copying a methods section from a published paper without attribution
B Adjusting gel photographs to add or remove bands
C Inventing ELISA absorbance values for an experiment never performed
Correct Answer
D Presenting another person's ideas as your own
Correct Answer

Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Page 22 defines 'Fabrication' as 'Making up data or records that were never collected' and provides the example: 'Inventing ELISA absorbance values'.

Hint

Fabrication involves creating data that never existed.

Question Info

Course: MIC 121
Topic: Laboratory safety and ethics in microbiology
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 593 of 984
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