Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism? (Check all that apply)

• Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote

• Borrowing an original idea and presenting it as a new idea

• Using material without crediting the sources

• Citing a source incorrectly

• Translating others’ written work into another language without citation

Is it acceptable to copy-and-paste a sentence written by someone else into your paper and simply add quotation marks around it?

• Yes, that shows it is not original text

• No, that is incomplete citation

Paraphrasing properly is to:

• Change a few words to make it your own and cite it

• Put quotation marks around the text and cite it

• Use only the idea without citing it

• Summarize the text in your own words and cite it

You re-use paragraphs from a paper you wrote last semester and put it into a new assignment, and you don’t cite it because it’s your own work. Is this plagiarism?

• Yes, it is self-plagiarism.

• No, it isn’t plagiarism.

For an individual class assignment, Chi and Juan decide to collaborate. Chi compiles research notes, Juan identifies the main findings, and both write their own original research papers. Is this:

• Unethical collaboration

• Plagiarism

• Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism

• Acceptable collaboration

A source doesn’t need to be cited if it’s collaboratively written on the web like Wikipedia.

• True
• False

Is it necessary to cite information that is common knowledge or widely accessible, like historical information or popular scientific information, e.g. 70% of the earth is covered in water?

• Yes

• No

You see something on X (Twitter) and Facebook that you really like, so you:

• Copy-and-paste the post onto your own pages

• Give credit to the person you took it from

Say you found two papers about the same research: Paper A is the original finding; Paper B is an analysis that references Paper A. You use a section of the analysis from Paper B. Which paper do you cite?

• Paper A

• Paper B

• Both

What are some consequences of plagiarism? (Check all that apply)

• Bad reputation

• Suspension or expulsion from school

• Loss of job

• Loss of money

• Legal consequences