![]() ![]() This paper derives an expression for the probability that alleged coincidences in a student’s paper could be attributable to pure chance. Plagiarism of this kind, which occurs primarily in fields such as the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics, is often difficult to establish. Plagiarism, Cheating, Coincidence, Information, EntropyĪBSTRACT: Elements of correspondence (“coincidences”) between a student’s solutions to an assigned set of quantitative problems and the solutions manual for the course textbook may suggest that the stu-dent copied the work from an illicit source. Bell System Technical Journal, 27, 379-423.Ĭheating or Coincidence? Statistical Method Employing the Principle of Maximum Entropy for Judging Whether a Student Has Committed Plagiarism (1948) A Mathematical Theory of Communication. ![]()
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