Feb 13, 2012

Turnitin's effectiveness

Interesting post on efficacy of Turnitin as a plagiarism detector: Plagiarize From Behind The Paywall.

A longer and more thought-provoking piece on this subject: (Moral) Hazards of Scanning for Plagiarists: Evidence from Shoplifting.

Bottom line: putting all your faith in Turnitin's effectiveness as a plagiarism detector is fool-hearty.