Plagiarism Quiz

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

Give credit to the person you took it from

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

No, that is incomplete citation

Paraphrasing properly is to:

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.

What are some consequences of plagiarism?

- Tarnished reputation - Suspension or expulsion from school - Loss of job - Legal repercussions - Monetary loss

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

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?

No

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:

Both unethical collaboration and plagiarism

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

False

What is Plagiarism?

- Stealing, theft - Changing a few words of a paragraph someone else wrote - Borrowing an original idea and presenting it as a new idea - An act of fraud - Using material without crediting the sources - Citing a source incorrectly ~ Translating others' written work into another language without citation - Unethical behavior