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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.
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The numbers for physical sciences may be skewed by the presence of foreign students.
There has been a number of scandals involving professors from the far east that fabricated research. This is evidence that research ethics are different in those countries than in the west. And most foreign students from the far east go into physical sciences.
It doesn't look at though the study focuses in on the students' country of origin. It would be interesting to see results when nationality is included.
"Evil will always triumph over good, because good is dumb." - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)
Isn't that the lesson that business school is supposed to teach? So why the hell are they calling it "cheating"? I would have thought it was just part of the assignment, with extra points given for more creative cheating. I guess business people don't like cheating afterall when they're on the receiving end.