The value of citations is highly underrated in the growth of research. To specify a few aspects: citations lets a researcher know the scientific groups that are working on specific problems and the progress of the group on that specific topic over years. From a standpoint of innovation, a citation is a vital tool in… Continue Reading →
Week 7: Citation Methods
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With so many citation formats that are being followed by every journal and scientific publication out there, it is easy to get a feeling of being lost. I have faced many situations where I had spent more time trying to manage the citations while writing a paper than writing about my results. Although I had …
Week 6: The VT Graduate Honor System, Part II
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Watching the movie, “The Lab” (from the perspective of a Grad student), I understand that it is a difficult phase to come out successfully and unaffected. The process involves taking a few harsh decisions for the sake of integrity. My standing would be to confront the potential falsification of data with the researcher, however, from… Continue Reading →
Week 6: The VT Graduate Honor System, Part II
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The interactive movie “The Lab” was a truly interesting and eye-opening activity. I chose to follow the Kim’s character since I’m a graduate student and expected that any dilemma that she would face would be quite relatable to my experiences. I was a bit surprised to find out how certain decisions that I took during …
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Week 5: The VT Graduate Honors System, Part I
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In my opinion, I think that the Graduate Honor system serves as a deterrent that prevents academic dishonesty, rather than targeting defaulters and punishing them. Even though the rules may appear obvious and make even make one think that it is absolutely unnecessary, having a system in place that has set penalties for violations is …
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Week 8
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Higher education complicates the definition of authorship because so much of graduate level research is collaborative. In addition, it is very common to build off of former students research for a thesis or project. This can complicate who should be included as an author because of needing to distinguish between previous work and new developments […]