Question

Original Source Material

Educational measurement and statistical analysis of results historically have tended to follow a pattern where variables are measured separately and then a mathematical model is chosen to portray the relationship among the variables.

Student Version

Various sciences have taken the approach where variables are measured separately and then a mathematical model is chosen to portray the relationship among the variables.

Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?

a. Word-for-Word plagiarism
b. Paraphrasing plagiarism
c. This is not plagiarism

Answer 1

Answer: This is a " WORD-FOR-WORD PLAGIARISM".

Explanation: Word-for-word plagiarism is a type of plagiarism were someone copies another person's work word-for-word, without acknowledging the source it is been copied from.

The student has copied the original source word-for-word without acknowledging the source. The word been copied is "where variables are measured separately and then a mathematical model is chosen to portray the relationship among the variables". Which is the same in both version.

Though the student has used it in a different form to describe and define a different context from the main source. It is still plagiarism, because the student has copied it from the main source without acknowledgement