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Stanford finds computer science students cheat more than others


From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:01:54 -0500





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From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com>
Date: February 11, 2010 7:23:12 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Stanford finds computer science students cheat more than others


http://bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/heading-off-the-temptation-to-cheat-in-computer-science-classes-at-stanford/

"Historically, the computer science department accounts for between 20
to 60 percent of all honor-code cases, even though the courses
represent about 7 percent of student enrollment."

perhaps it's just easier to detect? ::)

best, Joe

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Joseph Lorenzo Hall
ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate
UC Berkeley School of Information
Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
http://josephhall.org/




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