Fair enough. That still means there are 39 people out there willing to plagiarize.... for the sheer fun of it? Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
[email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== On 2012-08-18, at 11:31 AM, Paul Brandon wrote: > > > > > > > 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=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=19835 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-19835-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- 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=19837 or send a blank email to leave-19837-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
