RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

RESEARCH ETHICS

CITATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is it called if you steal another person’s words or ideas?
A
Botulism
B
Plagiarism
C
legionnaires disease
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means. • to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own • to use (another’s production) without crediting the source • to commit literary theft • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definitions of plagiarizer. someone who uses another person’s words or ideas as if they were his own. synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiariser, plagiarist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Direct Plagiarism. Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else’s work, without attribution and without quotation marks. Self Plagiarism. Mosaic Plagiarism. Accidental Plagiarism.

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