What are the penalties for correctly attributed copying?
In general, copying appropriate figures from the lab manual or lab website and correctly attributing them is penalty-free. This is a course in Physics laboratory methods, not a course in technical drawing. Citing the manual or a textbook for an equation of physical constant is also penalty-free. Copying text from an outside source with a correct citation and reference is penalized at 50% of the value of the copied text. However, a report that has text 100% copied from another report is worth 0 points, even if the copying is correctly attributed. Return to top of page.
