Login

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

November 01, 2025, 09:31:08 am

Author Topic: Plagiarism?  (Read 1202 times)  Share 

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

TheMentalist

  • Victorian
  • Adventurer
  • *
  • Posts: 13
  • Respect: 0
Plagiarism?
« on: April 02, 2012, 03:41:45 pm »
0
Hi,

I just wrote my report for sac and I didn't realize that there were like 5 sentences in my report that almost look the same as those in the book which I am using it for research until I rechecked it on the way to school on the day of submission. I'm paranoid about getting into trouble and I just stayed up all night typing it up. Do sacs get cross-mark by different teachers or just your own teacher? I used the certain phrases like 'measuring the time between a pulse' etc but I couldn't think of any way of rephrasing it as it seems so simple. Is this really so bad?
« Last Edit: April 05, 2012, 11:52:52 am by TheMentalist »

lexitu

  • Victorian
  • ATAR Notes Superstar
  • ******
  • Posts: 2147
  • When I grow up I'm going to Bovine University.
  • Respect: +66
Re: Plagiarism?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 04:36:17 pm »
0
Cross-checking will depend on your school's way of doing things but if you are using definition-type language then there isn't really much you can do about that and it's expected that you won't vary dramatically from your textbook. As long as it wasn't word for word I wouldn't worry too much :)

Bhootnike

  • Chief Curry Officer
  • Victorian
  • Part of the furniture
  • *****
  • Posts: 1332
  • Biggest Sharabi
  • Respect: +75
  • School Grad Year: 2012
Re: Plagiarism?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 04:38:10 pm »
0
Do sacs get cross-mark by different teachers or just your own teacher?
depends on the school. usually no, for consistency i dont think they do.

Is this really so bad?

i wouldnt say so! unless you have copied off stuff, for example, from the following:


"Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays, in the range 10 nm to 400 nm, and energies from 3 eV to 124 eV. It is named because the spectrum consists of electromagnetic waves with frequencies higher than those that humans identify as the colour violet. These frequencies are invisible to humans, but visible to a number of insects and birds. They are also indirectly visible, by causing fluorescent materials to glow with visible light.

UV light is found in sunlight and is emitted by electric arcs and specialized lights such as black lights. It can cause chemical reactions, and causes many substances to glow or fluoresce. Most ultraviolet is classified as non-ionizing radiation. The higher energies of the ultraviolet spectrum from wavelengths about 10 nm to 120 nm ('extreme' ultraviolet) are ionizing, but this type of ultraviolet in sunlight is blocked by normal dioxygen in air, and does not reach the ground.[1] However, the entire spectrum of ultraviolet radiation has some of the biological features of ionizing radiation, in doing far more damage to many molecules in biological systems than is accounted for by simple heating effects (an example is sunburn). These properties derive from the ultraviolet photon's power to alter chemical bonds in molecules, even without having enough energy to ionize atoms.

Although ultraviolet radiation is invisible to the human eye, most people are aware of the effects of UV through sunburn, and in tanning beds. A great deal (>97%) of mid-range ultraviolet (almost all UV above 280 nm and most above 315 nm) is blocked by the ozone layer, and would cause much damage to living organisms if it penetrated the atmosphere. What remains of ultraviolet in sunlight after atmospheric filtering is responsible for the formation of vitamin D (peak production occurring between 295 and 297 nm) in all organisms that make this vitamin (including humans). The UV spectrum thus has many effects, both beneficial and damaging, to human health."


into your prac report: Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays, in the range 10 nm to 400 nm, and energies from 3 eV to 124 eV.These frequencies are invisible to humans, but visible to a number of insects and birds.UV light is found in sunlight and is emitted by electric arcs and specialized lights such as black lights.However, the entire spectrum of ultraviolet radiation has some of the biological features of ionizing radiation, in doing far more damage to many molecules in biological systems than is accounted for by simple heating effects (an example is sunburn). A great deal (>97%) of mid-range ultraviolet (almost all UV above 280 nm and most above 315 nm) is blocked by the ozone layer, and would cause much damage to living organisms if it penetrated the atmosphere. The UV spectrum thus has many effects, both beneficial and damaging, to human health."

, then that is proably bad :p but if you have just snipped off sentences like the one you said above, it seems fair enough..
2011: Biol - 42
2012: Spesh |Methods |Chemistry |English Language| Physics
2014: Physiotherapy
khuda ne jab tujhe banaya hoga, ek suroor uske dil mein aaya hoga, socha hoga kya doonga tohfe mein tujhe.... tab ja ke usne mujhe banaya hoga

pi

  • Honorary Moderator
  • Great Wonder of ATAR Notes
  • *******
  • Posts: 14348
  • Doctor.
  • Respect: +2376
Re: Plagiarism?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 05:34:48 pm »
0
but if you have just snipped off sentences like the one you said above, it seems fair enough..


I'd say that isn't even good enough. It's not too hard to simply re-phrase a sentence or make two out of one. If you're going to directly copy a sentence (try not to!) or a statistic, I'd make sure that I'd have a footnote explaining exactly where it's from :)

Kaushik

  • Guest
Re: Plagiarism?
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2012, 08:00:27 pm »
0
Why take a risk in the first place? Since you've already submitted it....there's not much you can do about it so don't stress over it mate, just move on and hope for the best.

@Bhootnike: Epic profile picture man!  ;D