Integrity and Sound Judgment
Focuses on principled decision making and ethical conduct in research practice. Topics include honest and transparent reporting of methods and findings, surfacing inconvenient or null results, disclosing limitations and uncertainty, protecting participant confidentiality and welfare, avoiding cherry picking or manipulation of evidence, escalating ethical concerns, and choosing methods that preserve credibility. Interviewers assess how you balance practical constraints with ethical obligations and how you communicate judgement to stakeholders.
