A common threat in the fight against plagiarism is to not recognize so-called “false positives” and to underestimate their importance. But first, let us understand what false positives are and why are they a big deal.
According to previous theoretical discussions and experimental results in stylometry, genre and topic interference can make differentiation between authors harder. This is because shared word and phrase usage that accompanies writing on the same topic as well as the writing conventions for particular genres make it difficult to identify a strong authorial signature to be used for author verification.
How does one define originality? As mentioned earlier, there is no one way to define this term. A simple Google search reveals a myriad of meanings and explanations for originality.
The Cambridge dictionary defines originality as the quality of being special and interesting and not the same as anything or anyone else.
Listen to Eric Gibbs as he talks to Natalie Born, Founder and Chief Disruptor of Innovation Meets Leadership, about how Original helps safeguard and promote academic integrity.
Education needs a basic medium that can teach (such as an educator), a medium that contains and ‘delivers’ knowledge (such as books and other materials), and a medium where knowledge can be ‘exercised’ (such as a pen and paper for assignments).
Cross-language plagiarism refers to the kind of plagiarism or cheating where the source content is in one language while the plagiarised content is in another. In other words, it is plagiarism by translation.
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