Anti-plagiarism analysis of exam projects concerning Patients’ rights prepared by the students of Nursing
Journal Title: Pielęgniarstwo XXI wieku - Year 2015, Vol 14, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim. A comparative analysis of essays, prepared as exam projects looking at the concept of “Patients’ rights” written by the full-time students (ST group) and part-time students (NST group) of the Nursing Masters program at the Medical University of Warsaw (MUW). The aim was to detect any plagiarism. Material and methods. The study has been conducted by looking at written works submitted by two groups of students (n = 178): 111 ST group (n = 111) and NST group (n = 67). In the study, the anti-plagiarism system called Turnitin® was used, which allowed to generate three parameters: the general one (OWP), internet one (IWP) and cross-parameter one (KWP) of the similarity factor. Both the Levene’s test of variance homogeneity and U Mann Whitney non-parametric test were used.. Results. The OWP level reached 20%, which means that a text could be suspected of having been plagiarised if the rate equalled 52% of all the studied exam projects (OWP average ≈ 32%). The OWP average for ST and NST was 29.9 vs. 35.9% respectively. Differentiation level of all similarity parameters was similar in both groups (Levene’s test P > 0.05). Moreover, IWP level was statistically higher than in NST group, as opposed to ST group (U Mann-Whitney test, P < 0.04). Regarding the KWP parameter, there were no relevant differences between the two groups of students (U Mann-Whitney test, P > 0.05). Conclusions. Identified indicators of unauthorised borrowings observed in NST group mean that students require education in the area of “Copyrights”. Generally high values of similarity parameters in both groups justify the necessity of introducing a more rigorous anti-plagiarism control of all texts, independently prepared by students.
Authors and Affiliations
Mariusz Panczyk, Aleksander Zarzeka, Jarosława Belowska, Joanna Gotlib
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