Overview over the plagiarism detection software test series in 2008
Prof. Dr. Debora Weber-Wulff, HTW Berlin
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Sum total
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Usability
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| Plagiarism S08- | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| Very good: 72 – 80 points | |||||||||||||||
| good: 60 – 71 points | |||||||||||||||
| S09 – Copyscape Premium | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
24
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22
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24
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70
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10
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| S22 – Plagiarism-Detector | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
25
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21
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22
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68
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11
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| S08 – Copyscape Free | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
24
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21
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19
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64
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10
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| S05– Urkund | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
19
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22
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21
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62
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7
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| S04– Docoloc | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
23
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18
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20
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61
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6
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| S20 – PlagAware * | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
25
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22
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14 |
61
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13
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| S02– Ephorus | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
22
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20
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18
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60
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8
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| satisfactory: 48 – 59 points | |||||||||||||||
| S12 – SafeAssign | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
21
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20
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16
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57
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10
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| S06 – Strike Plagiarism | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
21
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19
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15
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55
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8
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| S21 – PlagiatCheck | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
19
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16
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19
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54
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9
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| S19 – AntiPlag | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
22
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14
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15
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51
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8
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| S20 – PlagAware | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
15
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19
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15
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49
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13
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| sufficient: 40 – 47 points | |||||||||||||||
| S01a – Turnitin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
19
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16
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10
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45
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9
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| S07 – XXXX | 0 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
18
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12
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12
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42
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5
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| insufficient: 0 – 39 Punkte | |||||||||||||||
| S03 – Plagiarism Finder | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
16
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6
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6
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28
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4
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| S01b – Turnitin Global * | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
10
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5
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4
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19
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9
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| aborted | |||||||||||||||
| S16 – ArticleChecker |
nb
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| S11 – CatchItFirst | |||||||||||||||
| S23 – CheckForPlagiarism |
nb
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| S17 – Paperseek |
nb
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| S13 – Webmasterlabor |
nb
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* = second test with new version
2 Collusion Detection
nb = not possible to evaluate
Kinds of plagiarism:
- Original essay: 0, 14, 77% of 17
- Original essay, placed into Wikipedia by the author: 6,8
- Translation plagiarism: 2 (typed), 12, 13, Parts of 16
- Copy & Paste with Shake & Paste: 2
- Copy & Paste: 3, 11, 16, 23% from 17
- Shake & Paste: 4
- Half sentence mesh: 18
- Bought at paper mill on the internet: 9
- Copy & Paste from an offline source: 10 (book, German), 13 (book, English translation from Swedish) , 15 (CD-ROM)
- PDF Sources: 5, 10 (one of two sources), 19
Evaluation:
| 3 Punkte |
| 2 Punkte |
| 1 Punkt |
| 0 Punkte |
| -1 Punkt |
