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.

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

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

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