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Is It OK to Cheat If Everyone Else Is?

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Tests, homework, taxes, speed limits, sports: there's always the possibility of cheating. Design a survey to investigate attitudes about cheating. Are some kinds of cheating worse than others? Are there times when it is OK to cheat, or is cheating always wrong? Do people who admit to cheating have the same attitudes as those who don't?
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Science Buddies Staff. "Is It OK to Cheat If Everyone Else Is?" Science Buddies, 20 Nov. 2020, https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Soc_p017/sociology/cheating. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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Science Buddies Staff. (2020, November 20). Is It OK to Cheat If Everyone Else Is? Retrieved from https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Soc_p017/sociology/cheating


Last edit date: 2020-11-20
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