Video scene · 0:20 · Ethics, Communication

The inconvenient data points

You are a summer research student in a lab working toward a conference deadline.

You and a senior graduate student are finishing the analysis the night before the abstract is due.

What's said in the scene

Graduate student: These three samples are messing up the result. Let's just call them outliers and drop them.

You: Did something go wrong with those samples?

Graduate student: Not really. Everyone trims their data. The professor needs this result.

The two questions

  1. 1What would you do?
  2. 2Why does honesty in small matters matter in a health profession?

What raters look for

Ethics
Weighs competing duties honestly, protects people from harm, and stays accountable to rules and values.
Communication
Listens first, speaks clearly and respectfully, and adapts the message to the listener.

Answer scenarios like this on the real timers

Watch the scene once, record your answers, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.

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