Despite personal and professional costs, Dr. Porter feels obliged to honor the integrity of the research process.

These are some possible outcomes:

Dr. Porter seeks a no-cost extension and attempts to repeat the study after ensuring the same problems in data collection are not repeated.

Dr. Porter decides to implement an abbreviated study with a reduced study scope and shorten timetable in order to submit a modified article.

Dr. Porter assesses the impact of the data collection error to determine whether it would be possible to correct or adjust the data.