PT128.S3.Q14

PrepTest 128 - Section 3 - Question 14

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Forty to 60 percent of students report, in anonymous surveys, that they plagiarized at least once as undergraduates, and evidence indicates that plagiarism also occurs in our medical and business schools. ███████████ ████ █████ ████ ████████ ███ ██████████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████████████ ██████████ ████ ██ █████████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ████████ ██████████ █████ █ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ████ ████ ██ █ █████████ ██ ████████████ ███████████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that reducing academic plagiarism will reduce professional misconduct. As support, the author cites research that says that students who plagiarize are more likely to engage in professional misconduct.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument assumes a causal relationship from correlational evidence. The premise describes a correlation between those who plagiarize as students and those who engage in professional misconduct. From this correlation, the author assumes that there is a causal connection, and from the assumption of a causal relationship, the author concludes that reducing plagiarism will reduce professional misconduct. However, there is no indication in the stimulus that there is a causal relationship between student plagiarism and professional misconduct.

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14.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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