[attrition] Attrition.org Errata Project - Detecting Plagiarism

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http://attrition.org/errata/plagiarism/detecting_plagiarism.html

Attrition.org Errata Project - Detecting Plagiarism
Sun Nov 6 02:02:41 CST 2011

With the recent rash of plagiarism exposure, one of the most frequent 
questions we get is "how do you find plagiarism?" Our methodology is 
home-grown and very simple. We assume that we are only catching some of 
it, and that our methodology causes us to miss some cases. Rather than 
read our layman views on the matter, we encourage you to read the NYU 
Ethics Handbook written by Professor Adam Penenberg. The entire handbook 
is worth reading, but you can jump to section 9, "Cardinal Sins" to read 
about plagiarism.

Before we get into the "how", we want to address a second question and 
concern; what is plagiarism and how can I avoid it?

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