In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
student version
when asked if they believe in theory of evolution or that human activity is contributing to climate change, politicians sometimes reply "it's just a theory." sure a theory is just a model of the universe, or a restricted part of it, and a set of rules that relate quantities in the model to observations that we make. while proposing a theory is easy, coming up with a good theory is much harder.
original version
we shall take the simpleminded view that a theory is just a model of the universe, or a restricted part of it, and a set of rules that relate quantities in the model to observations that we make. it exists only in our minds and does not have any other reality (whatever that might mean). a theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements. it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations.
which of the following is true for the student version above?
(a) word-for-word plagiarism
(b) paraphrasing plagiarism
(c) this is not plagiarism