Question

You are part of a research team. Your team leader asks you to "clean up" some contradictory data points in your report to ensure the conclusion strongly supports the funding agency's expected outcome. You know the data points are valid, though inconvenient. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

B. Refuse to remove the valid data, present the results accurately, and document your disagreement with the team leader in your internal notes.

Answer

A. Remove the contradictory data points as instructed by your team leader to secure future funding.

Answer

C. Remove the data, but anonymously leak the original raw data to a friendly scientist outside the team.

Answer

D. Present only the raw data without any analysis and let the funding agency draw its own conclusion.

SSC CPO 2025 PYQ — Question 46