Discussion Board Plagiarism or Not Is it plagiarism or not Practice Exercises on Plagiarism Expectations 4948- CoachOnCouch

IDS 167 07 BU - First Year Seminar

Question.4948 - Discussion Board: Plagiarism or Not?Is it plagiarism or not?Practice Exercises on Plagiarism Expectations:Posts should be 250 words minimum. Reminder: For all Discussion Board posts you are to respond to the Discussion Board question and comment on at least one other student's post. Please note that your comment must be substantial, and not simply "I agree." Choose two of the following scenarios decide whether the student has sufficiently cited their source. Explain your answer. If it is plagiarism, tell us what the punishment should be. A student uses an internet article in researching her paper. She finds several of the ideas in the article useful, and develops them in her own paper. Since she does not quote from the text, she does not cite it in her paper, but she does put the reference in the bibliography.In researching a paper on Mary Kingsley, a student discovers that Kingsley was born in Islington in 1862. She didnât know this fact previously. However, every article she reads on Kingsleyreports the same fact. She does not acknowledge the source of this information with a citation.You are taking a class that a friend has already taken. She lets you read her paper in order to get some ideas, and tells you to use any parts of the paper you find useful. You incorporate some of her paragraphs into your paper without citation.A friend offers to let you read his paper in order to get some ideas, and tells you to use any parts of the paper you find useful. You incorporate one of his paragraphs into your paper, and you are careful to include all of the citations from his paper in your footnotes, so that the reader will be able to find the original source of the information.A student finds a picture on the web that perfectly illustrates a point she wants to make in her paper. She downloads the picture, but does not use the websiteâs analysis; in addition, she writes her own caption for the picture. Since the analysis and caption are her own, she does not include a citation for the picture.A student uses a data set collected by his professor in his analysis of economic trends. Since he develops his own analysis, and since his professor has not published the data, he does not include a citation for the data set.You find an interesting analysis of Kantâs categorical imperative in a book on 18th century philosophers. You do not quote directly from the text, but you mention the author of the book as the source for this idea, and include a citation at the end of the paragraph.A student finds some interesting information on a website that is not under copyright. She downloads several paragraphs and incorporates them into her paper, but doesnât cite them, because they are in the public domain.You are discussing your term paper with your professor. She gives you an interesting idea about how you might interpret some of the material you have been studying. Since the discussion was informal, and does not pertain to an area in which your professor intends you publish, you incorporate her suggestions without attribution.You find a very interesting quote from Gregor Mendelâs âExperimentation in Plant Hybridizationâ in a book about Mendelâs life. In your paper, you include the quote, and cite Mendelâs paper as the source. Source: Trinity Washington University Web site URL: http://www.trinitydc.edu/policies/plagiarism/#honor

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