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According to a recent report, cheating among college and university students is on the rise. However, Groveton College has successfully reduced student cheating by adopting an honor code, which calls for students to agree not to cheat in their academic endeavors and to notify a faculty member if they suspect that others have cheated. Groveton's honor code replaced a system in which teachers closely monitored students; under that system, teachers reported an average of thirty cases of cheating per year. In the first year the honor code was in place, students reported twenty-one cases of cheating; five years later, this figure had dropped to fourteen. Moreover, in a recent survey, a majority of Groveton students said that they would be less likely to cheat with an honor code in place than without. Thus, all colleges and universities should adopt honor codes similar to Groveton's in order to decrease cheating among students.
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

题目讲解

【分析】
为打击最近报告忽剧上升的做弊行为，各校应该采用和G校一样的H办法，这是让学生同意不在学术课程上做弊，并若怀疑有人做弊就报告老师。这个办法替换了一个过时的系统，就是让老师近距离地监督，而且平均每年都会有30起做弊报告。这个办法很成功，第一年21起，五年后，这个数字降到了14起。另外，最近的一份调查说大多数学生说有H他们比没有更不可能做弊。
·同意不做弊不等于就不做弊。没有学生会说自己就是要做弊。
·这个办法有问题，以怀疑为基础，但怀疑表示猜测，会不准确。有可能会毁坏学生关系。 ·
论据，报告的做弊数从五年前的21降到现在14，并不说明问题。
首先，没有说趋势一直在下降，有可能去年是30多起。其次有可能学生已经对这个失去耐心，没有人报告了。而老师却还依赖学生之间的监督。
·调查，可能学生说的是本来也不想做弊。
【提纲】
1报告不说明事实。一次未必比旧制度有效。而且不能保证这期间任何其他措施没有采取，未必是制度起作用。
2survey。
3样本差异。作弊上升原因没有指出，G适用的制度其他大学未必适用。