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What is the importance of correct citation?

In a thesis or project, every statement must be substantiated by citing its source. Student often has a tendency to make statements or sometimes sweeping generalizations without providing the supporting documentation. This is an especially common occurrence when the project subject is one with which the student has considerable familiarity through clinical experience. These statements may be accepted as fact by those knowledgeable in that field and it doesn’t occur to students that these assertions must be backed with citations. A few examples of this type of statement are ” intellectual capital = competence × commitment.”; “Organizations around the world are increasingly being confronted with complex, intractable problems”; “Changing the nature of the composition of ages has a big impact on the education system.”. As self-evident as these types of statements may be, for the project they require the substantiation of one or more citations. Without citations, the work lacks credibilit...