The Ministry of Education issued the "Sampling Method for Undergraduate Graduation Thesis (Design) (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Method"), which requires that the sampling pilot of undergraduate graduation thesis (design) (hereinafter referred to as undergraduate graduation thesis) should start from 200211,and the sampling object should be once a year, and the bachelor's degree should be awarded in the last academic year.
Li Mingliang, a professor at the International Business School of Tianjin Foreign Studies University, found that students' writing level needs to be improved, and typos, semantic inconsistencies and logical confusion abound. This is also a common problem in undergraduate thesis writing for many years, which often makes the tutor miserable in the revision of the thesis.
In order to pursue low repetition rate, graduates repeatedly modify language expression and paragraph order, which leads to the lack of logic in papers and often disgusting phenomena. In addition, some graduates subjectively fabricate survey data and application documents during the writing process. These hidden problems are difficult to be clearly defined as the category of academic misconduct, which brings opportunities for paper writing fraud.
In this regard, the Measures emphasize that the sampling inspection of undergraduate graduation thesis will focus on the significance of topic selection, writing arrangement, logical construction, professional ability, academic norms and so on. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education particularly emphasized that the sampling inspection of doctoral dissertations focuses on the innovation and scientific research ability of graduate students, while the sampling inspection of undergraduate dissertations focuses on the basic academic norms and basic academic literacy of undergraduates.
The significance of paper sampling;
In order to ensure academic integrity and research authenticity, academic journals and research institutions usually review the data sources, collection methods and processing processes of papers, and sometimes ask authors to provide original data for inspection.
Paper sampling usually checks whether the data in the article is true, accurate and reliable, and whether it conforms to academic norms and moral standards. If data is found to be falsified or tampered with, it will generally be considered as academic misconduct, and in serious cases, it may be disqualified and relevant qualifications will be cancelled.
In foreign countries, some research institutions and academic journals implement the policy of original data disclosure, emphasizing transparency and repeatability. In this case, the original data will be publicly released for other researchers to re-analyze and verify the data.