You are proofreading your assignment and realise most of your in-text citations are from a single website. You’re nearly finished. More citations will mean more time on this assignment.

Question

Rather than going back to your research, you make up a few quotes and cite them using in-text citations, then you reference a few sources that you haven’t actually used. It makes your assignment look better and you're sure your teacher won’t check your references.

This is an example of

contract cheating/significant contribution of work.

cheating while under supervised conditions.

self-plagiarism.

fabricating.

Answer 1

This is an example of fabricating. Fabrication involves making up quotes or data and presenting them as if they were genuine, which is a form of academic dishonesty.