Faisal3399 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 I am doing my EE in math, and I choose what are the different ways in calculating pi as my topic.I am planning to choose several ways and compare them to each other. Is it enough? Do you have any ideas how I can link this topic to a real-life application? Is it possible to link the topic to statistics some how? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-o3eB9sfls&list=PLZHQObOWTQDMVQcT3414TcPMeEYf_VtPM If you discuss some of the more advanced methods, then it's probably fine. But it's difficult to string together your various examples in a cohesive EE with a central thesis/argument. At some point, you have to go beyond listing different methods. You probably have to connect the different methods in some way or provide some compare and contrast. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisal3399 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Thanks, I will try to find some way to connect the methods or compare and contrast as you said, thanks again. If I take informations from youtube videos and used them in my EE and cited them, does it count as plagiarism? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 If you properly cite your sources then it does not constitute plagiarism. In addition, the general consensus is to cite every sentence that you quoted or paraphrased. So it's probably not a good idea to heavily use external sources as examiners will notice that you are just paraphrasing someone else and may be inclined to give a lower mark. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisal3399 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 For example, there is a youtube video which explains the history of pi, I took many information from that video, so how can I fix that? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Then every time you reference material from the video, you need to cite it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisal3399 Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 If I took a whole paragraph from the video for example, do I have to cite the source more than once???? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Yes. This is the very mechanism that IB and academia discourage people from simply restating others. Alternatively you can use block quotes and reference once. You can also take from a variety of sources so you are not keep citing the same source. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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