McMaster University – Academic Integrity Stats
Numbers are based on 441 cases of academic dishonesty.
Offence Breakdown
| Plagiarism | 30% |
| Cheating on a Test/Exam | 10% |
| Improper Collaboration | 6% |
| Other | 54% |
| Total | 100% |
Penalties Assigned by Instructors for First Offences *
| Case Reported Only | 1% |
| Resubmit Work | 0% |
| Mark Reduction (on assignment) | 24% |
| Mark of Zero (on assignment) | 75% |
| Total | 100% |
*Based on 390 cases
Penalties Assigned by Faculty Adjudicators for Repeat Offences, Graduate Students or Serious First Offences **
| Mark Reduction | 6% |
| Mark of Zero | 14% |
| Course Grade Reduction | 18% |
| F for Course | 40% |
| Suspension | 12% |
| Expulsion | 6% |
| Innocent | 4% |
| Total | 100% |
** Based on 51 cases