Plagiarism: Gail M. Dummer Professor Emeritus Department of Kinesiology

Plagiarism
Gail M. Dummer
Professor Emeritus
Department of Kinesiology
Note
Sources for images, and reference citations

for quotations and paraphrased material,
are provided in the notes under each slide
in the notes version of this PowerPoint
presentation – no plagiarism!
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism means “the appropriation of

another person’s ideas, processes, results,
or words without giving appropriate credit”
Source: MSU’s Procedures Concerning Allegations

of Misconduct in Research and Creative Activities
http://rio.msu.edu/June_2009_Procedures.pdf
Understanding the Definition
• Appropriation means using or taking
something that is not yours
– Plagiarism is stealing by using another
person’s words or ideas
– Plagiarism is academically dishonest
because students, scholars, and faculty
members are expected to do their own
work
The terms ideas, processes, results, or
words refer to another person’s intellectual
property
• Plagiarizers use or take
intellectual property
• Other thieves use or take
physical property such as
money, computers, things,
etc.
Plagiarism means taking or using any of the
following intellectual property without
permission or giving credit:
• Words … copying more than 4-6
consecutive words, rearranging phrases,
or paraphrasing extensively
• Ideas … using original information learned
from conference presentations,
confidential reviews, etc.
Continued from previous slide:

• Processes … adopting or using research
methods described by another
investigator, especially when the research
method is not common knowledge
• Results … using or reporting data, figures,
or tables that represent another
investigator’s research results
• Giving appropriate credit refers to:
– Providing the name of the original
author, artist, researcher, or scholar
– Providing sufficient publication data that
another person can find the original
source – use disciplinary standards!
– Using quotation symbols to indicate
direct quotes
Is This Plagiarism?
• Next six slides
• Read information on the slides
• Listen to variations of the situation
described by the presenter
• Determine whether plagiarism occurred
• Discuss uncertainties with your mentor
#1 - Is This Plagiarism?
You are a member of the

audience where research
results are presented. You
use ideas described by one
of the speakers in the design
of your next research
project.
You are reading a journal

article, chapter, or book.
You paraphrase passages
of text from the material you
have been reading in the
literature review of a
manuscript you are writing.
You are reviewing a

submitted manuscript.
You decide to use novel
research methods
described in that
manuscript to enhance
your own research.
You are doing research

using the internet. You
choose to use ideas from a
web site in the design of
your next research project,
and also use some quotes
from the web site in your
literature review.
You are writing a paper

in English, and your
native language is
Martian. When writing
a review of literature, you use another
author’s exact words because you are not
confident about paraphrasing or
synthesizing the ideas into your own words
in English.
You are writing a manuscript

for publication that is based
upon your own previous
research. You decide to
include some exact text from
one of your earlier
manuscripts in the new
paper.
Plagiarism in Research
• Plagiarism is specifically defined as a form
of research misconduct
• The definition of research misconduct on
the next slide is from the MSU Procedures
Concerning Allegations of Misconduct in
Research and Creative Activities,
“Misconduct means fabrication, falsification,

plagiarism, or any other practice that
seriously deviates from practices commonly
accepted in the discipline or in the
academic and research communities
generally in proposing, performing,
reviewing, or reporting research and
creative activities.”
“Ohio University is investigating 44 possible
cases of plagiarism by current and former
engineering graduate students, all of which
were discovered by a former graduate
student who believes that professors there
have fostered a culture of cheating.”
T. Bartlett, Ohio U. Investigates Plagiarism Charges,

Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/10/06
Allegations of Scientific Misconduct,

Received at MSU, 2002/03 – 2006/07
5% Falsification
10%
27%
Fabrication
Plagiarism
Serious
38% Deviation
20% Retaliation
Detecting Plagiarism
• Readers and reviewers
• Check references
• Google 4-6 words
(Harris, 2004)
• Plagiarism detection
software (e.g.,
plagiarismchecker.com,
plagiarismdetect.com)
Preventing Plagiarism
• Understand the difference between
“common knowledge” and “original” ideas
• Do the right thing
– Follow your conscience
– Give credit, mark direct
quotations, and use
reference citations –
use disciplinary standards!
– Seek help from your mentor
Possible Consequences
•  scholarly reputation
•  self-concept
•  grades
• Dissertation not accepted
• Expulsion from university/no degree
• Expulsion from professional organizations
• Loss of job (GA/faculty)
MSU Resources
• MSU’s Procedures Concerning Allegations of
Misconduct in Research and Creative
Activities
• Plagiarism. Research Integrity Newsletter,
MSU Grad School, Volume 9 (2), 2006
http://grad.msu.edu/researchintegrity/docs/ri05.pdf
• Plagiarism. PowerPoint presentation & notes
http://grad.msu.edu/researchintegrity/resources
MSU Offices
• Research Integrity Officer
– http://www.rio.msu.edu/
• Graduate School
– http://grad.msu.edu
• Ombudsman
– https://www.msu.edu/unit/ombud/
Sampling of Web Sites
• U.S. Office of Research Integrity resources
about plagiarism
http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/rcr_
misconduct.shtml
• URLs for several additional web sites

about plagiarism are included in the notes
below this slide
The End
You are encouraged to engage in
further discussions about plagiarism
with your mentors and colleagues
from your discipline

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Plagiarism

Sources for images, and reference citations

Plagiarism means “the appropriation of

Source: MSU’s Procedures Concerning Allegations

Continued from previous slide:

You are a member of the

You are reading a journal

You are reviewing a

You are doing research

You are writing a paper

You are writing a manuscript

“Misconduct means fabrication, falsification,

T. Bartlett, Ohio U. Investigates Plagiarism Charges,

Allegations of Scientific Misconduct,

• URLs for several additional web sites

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