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> On 10 Dec 2004, at 18:03, Botes, Stephan (PowerResearcher) wrote: > Hey Mike: > "I rarely see evidence that is convincing in the claim that plagiarism > is increasing" but then "there probably is still an increase, just due > to the differing backgrounds of an increasing student population" > > Which is it? A good question. The distinction between the fact that there are more students now, so possibly more cases - which does not mean that the total percentage of students offending is increasing, and in fact could just as easily be reducing - and the claim that plagiarism rates - i.e. that the total percentage is rising - is pretty clear to me. Which it is, is harder to determine... Mike ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************