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Re: Brainstorming session: detecting plagiarism

by zentara (Archbishop)
on Jun 08, 2005 at 20:05 UTC ( [id://464821]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Brainstorming session: detecting plagiarism

Recently I discovered a couple of articles on a news Web site where one author had clearly plagiarized from another. After searching manually for other instances, I realized that this was something that needs to be automated

:-) It sounds like you are saying the plagiarism needs automating.

I think alot of students agree. ;-)


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Re^2: Brainstorming session: detecting plagiarism
by monarch (Priest) on Jun 09, 2005 at 07:32 UTC
    Just what I was thinking! Great idea..!

    No doubt, as more intelligent anti-plagiarising software is developed there will be greater demand for auto-plagiarising software (that runs a thesauraus on every noun and verb and perhaps re-arranges sentences gramatically).

    There's a fine line, however, between detecting plagiarising and matching on anything approximate.. being too clever can sometimes cause headaches.

    At university I found it was mostly English-As-A-Second-Language students that cut and paste from other text books. So much it was painfully obvious to any native speaker of English (where text book language often differs from summary/report language).

    I don't envy the exam marker's job. Imagine having to read essays anyway!

      You are right... an improved "anti-plagiarism software" will result in advances in "plagiarism-detection-avoidance". It's sort of like a "cold-war" between teachers and students.

      I was watching one of those "TV-exposes" on "Buying term papers", and I can just see them selling "plagiarism-detection insurance" as an extra add-on cost. :-)

      Plus its a better business to be in.....there are always a fresh supply of "student-customers", but a limited market of teachers. ;-)


      I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

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