Source: John Kopplin, "An Illustrated History of Computers." Published on Kent State
University, 2002.
The census bureau offered a prize for an inventor to help with the 1890 census
and this prize was won by Herman Hollerith, who proposed and then successfully
adopted Jacquard's punched cards for the purpose of computation.
Student text:
The census bureau sought an inventor to help with computation for the 1890
census, offering a cash prize, and Herman Hollerith won this prize for developing
a system using Jacquard's punched cards to compute census data (Kopplin).
Is the student text plagiarized?
No, it is not plagiarized.
Yes, because it is an insufficient paraphrase.
Yes, because it fails to cite the source.
Yes, because it is an insufficient paraphrase and fails to cite the source.