Margie received a marginally significant finding to her correlational study examining the relationship between wall color and participant mood. When writing up her results for publication she summarizes her efforts to say that certain colors cause better moods and other colors cause worse moods. What ethical violation has Margie committed?
A) plagiarism
B) misrepresenting
C) omitting data points
D) nonmaleficence

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Margie has mispresented her findings by claiming that certain colors cause better or worse moods, when in fact her findings were only marginally significant and cannot be generalized in such a way. This constitutes an ethical violation as it misleads readers and potentially influences future research or decision-making based on inaccurate information.

Margie Received a Marginally Significant Finding to Her Correlational Study