From: Students’ and supervisors’ knowledge and attitudes regarding plagiarism and referencing
All participants | Students | Supervisors | |
---|---|---|---|
Participants | 152 | 98 | 53 |
Age | 31.3 (SD 7.6) | 30.2 (SD 6.6) | 42.5 (SD 8.4) |
In your opinion, should supervisors check for plagiarism? | |||
Absolutely, always | 100/135 (74.1%) | 94/122 (77.1%) | 6/13 (46.2%) |
Maybe in suspected cases | 35/135 (25.9%) | 28/122 (22.9%) | 7/13 (53.8%) |
What do you think is the most common reason to why people plagiarize? | |||
Because of time constraints | 39/138 (28.3%) | 38/125 (30.4%) | 1/13 (7.7%) |
Because they feel they cannot write as well as others | 27/138 (19.6%) | 24/125 (19.2%) | 3/13 (23.1%) |
Because they do not know it is wrong | 26/138 (18.8%) | 22/125 (17.6%) | 4/13 (30.8%) |
Other reasons | 46/138 (33.3%) | 41/125 (32.8%) | 5/13 (38.5%) |
Do you think this was a useful exercise? | |||
Yes, it was somewhat useful | 68/129 (52.7%) | 61/117 (52.1%) | 7/12 (58.3%) |
Yes, I found it very useful | 38/129 (29.5%) | 35/117 (29.9%) | 3/12 (25.0%) |
I wish I had done it before | 3/129 (2.3%) | 3/117 (2.6%) | 0/12 (0%) |
No, this is nothing new | 7/129 (5.4%) | 6/117 (5.1%) | 1/12 (8.3%) |
Not useful for me, but I think others may benefit | 13/129 (10.1%) | 12/117 (10.3%) | 1/12 (8.3%) |
What paper is generally the best one to refer to, in your opinion? | |||
A literature review | 20/134 (14.9%) | 18/121 (14.9%) | 2/13 (15.4%) |
The oldest original study I can find | 51/134 (38.1%) | 46/121 (38.0%) | 5/13 (38.5) |
The latest paper in a topic | 63/134 (47.0%) | 57/121 (47.1%) | 6/13 (46.1%) |
If you read B et al. 2006, you will find a reference to a book by B, 2004. B, 2004 refers to C et al.. 1964. C had actually done the research on this. How would you reference this? | |||
The virus is economically important (A, 2012; B et al, 2006; B, 2004) | 121/134 (90.3%) | 108/121 (89.3%) | 13/13 (100%) |
The virus is economically important (C, 1964) | 13/134 (9.7%) | 13/121 (10.7%) | 0/13 (0%) |