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Two Major Examples Of Plagiarism On Lab Reports

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Plagiarism is defined as using someone else’s words or ideas without referencing where you got the material from (Texas A&M University Libraries). It essentially means that you claim another person’s words to be your original work. Plagiarism is so prevalent on lab reports because it requires students to understand sometimes complex scientific theories well enough to explain their experimental results and because working in groups during labs is so common. The two major examples of plagiarism on lab reports are copying content directly from the lab manual or textbook and copying answers from another student’s lab report. A big problem with copying directly from the lab manual is that it’s indicative that students don’t actually understand the
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