Recording Results: We have already mentioned the importance of honesty in scientific reporting. It is a temptation to leave out or disregard unexpected results because they do not fit in with ideas which you already hold. Unexpected results may be the outcome of faults in instruments, procedure, etc. but it isn't safe to assume this. It could be that by ignoring such results an important new discovery is overlooked. Another point worth noting, of course, is that once someone is known to have falsified results, his or her professional standing is compromised.