Which of the following is an example of accentuating the positive about one's research results?
A) Being more critical of results that are consistent with your hypothesis to ensure you are not biased.
B) Focusing attention on statistically significant findings while ignoring nonsignificant findings.
C) Dropping the scores for some participants so that your findings better fit your predictions.
D) All of the above are ways to accentuate the positive.
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