Of course, 'dozens' is unspecified. Let's (for simplicity) say that it's 39. That would mean that one in a thousand papers were plagiarized. I should be so lucky. Of course, one would also assume that this is a lower bound estimate. One of those cases where one should withhold judgement until there is better data available. If the guy is serious, he should randomly select several hundred papers and check them with something like turnitin.
On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Christopher Green wrote: > Apparently plagiarism has come unmoored from its instrumental source -- viz., > receiving higher grades than one deserves. It is now a functionally > autonomous recreation. /: - | > http://chronicle.com/article/Dozens-of-Plagiarism-Incidents/133697/ Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19835 or send a blank email to leave-19835-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
