Art 10 Integrity

During a group project, you and your partners independently find resources and add them to a citation page. Not everyone reads all of the citations collected by other group members, but before the final product is turned in, a basic check for accuracy is done by at least one group member. This violates Academic Integrity:

False

Ideas found on "unofficial" web sources like message boards and social media are part of public discussion and do not need to be cited.

False

True or False: you do not have to cite the source of numerical data or graphs because it is common knowledge

False. It is academic practice to cite all information you use.

You are documenting your sources using MLA style. Halfway through your paper, you decide that you like APA style better and switch to APA. Do you have to go back and change your MLA citations to APA, or does it not matter?

Go back and change them.

For your Geology class you have been assigned to groups and given lab assignments to complete as a group. Your group completes the lab and you each turn in a copy of the same lab report with your individual name at the top of the page and your lab-mates names listed in the first paragraph. Is this a violation of academic integrity

No

You came up with an idea for a project, but later find that someone had the same ideas. Do you need to cite the other person?

No. You came up with the idea all by yourself.

You bought a paper online, and submitted it in class. Your professor found out and accused you of an academic integrity violation. Buying the paper wasn't illegal, you checked, so what's the problem?

Presenting the work as your own.

Failing to familiarize yourself with the University's policies does not constitute an adequate defense for violation of those policies.

True

If you forgot to cite a source, but you have the information in your notes, you are still in violation of academic integrity.

True

You are in your final, very busy semester and will graduate in 5 weeks. You are enrolled in an online course that you late dropped in a previous semester. Due to the heavy credit load you are carrying and time spent job hunting you've decided to submit a paper for the course that you already co-wrote when you took the course previously. You do not intend to request instructor permission to use this work. Is this a violation of academic integrity?

Yes

You have a project that is a perfect fit for two classes you are taking. You intend to submit one assignment to both classes. Do you need to worry about plagiarism?

Yes

You're doing a paper on Pennsylvania history and your grandmother told you some great stories about how the town was different 60 years ago. Do you need to cite this information?

Yes, as a "personal communication"

You read an article and rewrite the article's ideas in your own words, paraphrasing it. Do you have to cite this information?

Yes, you must always credit ideas that aren't yours originally.

This semester, you have an assignment in which data collected from a previous assignment is included in the new project. Do you need to cite this information?

Yes. It is academic practice to cite the previous work you have done.

You've written a research paper, and cited your sources, however, you neglected to write down the page numbers for the in text citations. Because the project is due in four hours, you insert page numbers without verifying them. This is a violation because:

you cited someone, but did it incorrectly