McMaster University - Academic Integrity Stats
Numbers are based on 250 cases of academic dishonesty.
Offence Breakdown
| Plagiarism | 46% |
| Cheating on a Test/Exam | 26% |
| Improper Collaboration | 22% |
| Other | 6% |
| Total | 100% |
Year of Student’s Study at McMaster
| First Year | 29% |
| Second Year | 27% |
| Third Year | 21% |
| Fourth Year | 15% |
| Fifth Year/Other | 8% |
| Total | 100% |
Penalties Assigned by Instructors for First Offence*
| Case Reported Only | 6% |
| Resubmit Work | 5% |
| Mark Reduction (on assignment) | 29% |
| Mark of Zero (on assignment) | 60% |
| Total | 100% |
* Based on 213 first offence cases
Penalties Assigned by Faculty Adjudicators for Repeat Offences,
Graduate Students or Serious First Offences**
| Mark Reduction | 3% |
| Mark of Zero | 22% |
| Course Grade Reduction | 5% |
| F for Course | 35% |
| Suspension | 16% |
| Expulsion | 11% |
| Innocent | 8% |
| Total | 100% |
** Based on 37 cases