McMaster University – Academic Integrity Stats
Numbers are based on 362 cases of academic dishonesty.
Offence Breakdown
| Plagiarism | 38% |
| Cheating on a Test/Exam | 17% |
| Improper Collaboration | 50% |
| Other | 5% |
| Total | 100% |
Penalties Assigned by Instructors for First Offences *
| Case Reported Only | 1% |
| Resubmit Work | 1% |
| Mark Reduction (on assignment) | 24% |
| Mark of Zero (on assignment) | 74% |
| Total | 100% |
*Based on 313 cases
Penalties Assigned by Faculty Adjudicators for Repeat Offences, Graduate Students or Serious First Offences **
| Mark Reduction | 6% |
| Mark of Zero | 9% |
| Course Grade Reduction | 2% |
| F for Course | 41% |
| Suspension | 14% |
| Expulsion | 14% |
| Innocent | 14% |
| Total | 100% |
** Based on 49 cases