Turnitin Put to the Test
The plagiarism detection service Turnitin on Wednesday made bold claims about the effectiveness of its product to weed out “unoriginal writing”, but researchers in the field aren’t buying the results.
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The plagiarism detection service Turnitin on Wednesday made bold claims about the effectiveness of its product to weed out “unoriginal writing”, but researchers in the field aren’t buying the results.
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