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human
I fabricated some data for a term paper. My professor wants to publish it with me. What do I do?

The title says it all. I graduated 3 months ago and my teacher wants to publish this paper. Only some of the data is fabricated, I was hoping I could postpone having it published until I could find accurate data, but because this is on an economic topic that is so recent, I wasn't able to do that..

So what do I do? Do I have him submit the paper? Is there a realistic chance of me being found out? Most of the data is accurate and real, just some of it I made an educated guess with using some economic forecast data, but its still a guess based around that.. god I wish monthly GDP estimates were available.

What possible excuse could I come up with to let this paper die without ruining the relationship I have with this professor? I'm going to grad school in a different field in a few weeks so I know I won't do research on this topic ever again, but what do you guys suggest?

Edit: Thank you for your responses. This paper will not get published in its current state. I will only let it be published if I can find real data to redo the analysis, should it become available in the future. And don't worry, I'm not going into a PhD program as of now, just a master's program. I haven't decided if I truly want to go into academic/get a PhD at all, but I know now to never do something so horrible ever again. I have learned my lesson.
gpt
Do not, under any circumstance, allow that paper to be published. You have somehow completely missed the point that it is your PROFESSOR'S reputation on the line here. Any sliver of a chance that someone could find out the data is fabricated could mean they could lose their job. You could take all the credit but the point is they would come out looking bad because they either a) knew it was fake and submitted it or b) did not realize it was fake even though they're the expert. 

Obviously you fessing up would be the fastest way to stop the paper from being submitted. Your best possible outcome is that they're so embarrassed for not realizing it they drop the idea altogether instead of letting it come out and potentially having it affect your seat in that grad program.