In the case below, the original source material is given along with a sample of student work. determine the type of plagiarism by clicking the appropriate radio button.
student version
one has to be very careful when a mathematical model is chosen to portray the relationship among the variables because it can limit the relationships that you may be able to find. research in the field of education has often taken the approach of measuring variables separately followed by examining the relationship between the variables using one of many mathematical models (frick, 1990).
original version
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.
which of the following is true for the student version above?
(a) word-for-word plagiarism
(b) paraphrasing plagiarism
(c) this is not plagiarism