During a dietary intervention study, a participant repeatedly provides inconsistent food intake reports. Removing them will improve data quality but may affect fairness in participant treatment. How should the researcher proceed?

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Work with the participant to clarify reporting methods, provide additional training, and document inconsistencies transparently in the analysis.

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Keep the participant in the study but ignore their data entirely to prevent distortion of results.

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Ask another participant to replace them midway through the study for more accurate results.

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Exclude the participant immediately to maintain data integrity, even if it affects fairness in participation.

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