Which Grad Students Cheat the Most?

SpectralDesign.Net writes, "The results of a research paper released Wednesday reveal who is admitting to cheating (in North America). The study focused on 5,300 graduate students in Canada and the U.S. and concluded that the biggest cheaters were business students — 56% of them admitted to copying papers, plagiarizing, etc. The author of the study said, 'The typical comment is that what's important is getting the job done. How you get it done is less important. You'll have business students saying all I'm doing is emulating the behavior I'll need when I get out in the real world.'" Other grad-student cheaters include: engineering students, 54%; physical sciences, 50%; medical and health-care, 49%; law, 45%; liberal arts, 43%; and social science and humanities students, 39%. These numbers are close to the guesstimate of the anonymous professor.

Comments

cheating

[56ker]

I run a website about video game cheats. Therefore cheating is "a necessary measure and the sort of practice I'll likely need to succeed in the professional world". ;)

After analyzing the risk and the return,

[dslmodem]

I rationally decide to cheat.

-- from an anonymous coward B-schooler :-)

Re:After analyzing the risk and the return,

[MalleusEBHC]

I know it's a bit too technical for you, but you may want to click the "Post Anonymously" button next time. ;)

Re:After analyzing the risk and the return,

[Anonymous Coward]

sh*t, did i get this right this time?

where is my mask?

Re:After analyzing the risk and the return,

[Anonymous Coward]

I did click it. Twice.

I'll try three times now

First Half Students

[Bob9113]

The study focused on 5,300 graduate students in Canada and the US and concluded that the biggest cheaters were business students -- 56% of them admitted to copying papers, plagiarizing, etc. The author of the study said, 'The typical comment is that what's important is getting the job done. How you get it done is less important. You'll have business students saying all I'm doing is emulating the behavior I'll need when I get out in the real world.

The study must have been done on students in the first half of their business degree, and the second half must be the part where they teach, "Always lie about cheating."

PoliSci

[ReidMaynard]

and an amazing 0% of Political Science students!

They learn quick, don't they.

Re:PoliSci

[bblboy54]

and an amazing 0% of Political Science students!

Actually, their results are included in another degree. Would admit to being a poli-sci student?

Re:PoliSci

[techpawn]

I don't think the answer of "I can neither confirm nor deny that" counts...

Who Is Admitting To Not Editing

[mpapet]

Okay, I'm not so much the grammer freak, but this one is not good.

"students confessed cheating" maybe?

Re:You know what these numbers really mean?

[AKAImBatman]

You know what these numbers really mean?

It means that Captain Kirk was a Business Student.

KHAAAAAAAN!

As an AC

[Anonymous Coward]

I would like to know where you find anonymous professors, anonymous reader writes, and anonymous joe

please tell me where you got your sources from

Re:Statistics student understand surveys!

[screwthemoderators]

Well of course Statistics students has the most cheaters, but they are also the most likely to understand the consequences of admitting en masse to cheating on a survey!!! ;)

Re:getting the job done

[__aaclcg7560]

A recent Foxtrot summed up the issue nicely.

Sickening..

[slashmojo]

medical and health-care, 49%

Bodes ill for our future health care needs.

Almost a 50/50 chance of getting a doc who cheated his/her way through college.. scary.

On the bright side if your doc is ever stuck with a diagnosis he can always look it up on wikipedia..

So, lawyers get a bad rap?

[jcr]

It would seem from these figures, that Law students actually are more ethical than engineers.

Who did this study, again? ;-)

-jcr

Re:hm

[admdrew]

We do however, have the highest proportion of crammers and caffine addicts.

Lies! First, a real addict would be able to correctly spell caffeine (unless, of course, your shaking hands were unable to type well). Second, how many straight 20 hour blocks have you spent in labs working to get a project done? The engineering (and CS) labs around my campus start to look like LAN parties near finals.

Re:Business Students...

[geobeck]

Hey, I was an engineering student and a business student. Does that mean I cheated twice?

No, it means you cheated on 110% of your exams. Obviously including math.

Re:Business Students...

[NosTROLLdamus]

The fact that more than half of engineering students admit to cheating should be more than a bit disturbing, if they are cheating in their engineering classes. I don't want to go through a tunnel or over a bridge that was designed by one of these folks.

Ever been to boston?

Oh come on...

[tomzyk]

Other grad-student cheaters include: engineering students, 54%; physical sciences, 50%; medical and health-care, 49%; law, 45%; liberal arts, 43%; and social science and humanities students, 39%.

I may have cheated quite a bit in college, but I don't think it really matters. For instance, I'm a double major in Mathematics and Statistics and I know for a FACT that this statement is based on falsified data. Everyone knows that when you sum up the parts, you can't have more than 100% of it.
(54 + 50 + 49 + 45 + 43 + 39) > 100
PUH-LEEZE!

Re:You know what these numbers really mean?

[chad.koehler]

Had you cheated, you probably would have had it right in the first place ;)