I've decided the numbers I work with answer to the truth, not to whatever's easiest for the room. When the data points somewhere inconvenient, I won't let it be bent into a mask for the answer people wanted. It's a quiet line I hold, and holding it is the point.
More people experience this than they realize.
You use data to serve truth and good decisions, not to justify the convenient.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.