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MIC 121 Laboratory safety and ethics in microbiology Objective Question

Question

Adjusting gel photographs to add or remove bands or excluding inconvenient data without scientific justification are examples of which form of scientific misconduct?
Options
A Plagiarism
B Fabrication
C Falsification
Correct Answer
D Malpractice
Correct Answer

Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

These actions fall under Falsification, which is defined as 'Manipulating data or processes so they do not accurately reflect actual observations.'

Hint

Falsification involves altering existing data, not creating new, fake data from scratch (fabrication).

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