Discovering unauthorised outsourcing of coursework: 10 questions for the bibliography

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Published: 22.10.2024
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Outsourcing of coursework or assignments to third parties, such as ghostwriters or undisclosed text production by artificial intelligence, are considered difficult to detect. Dealing with literature and references can be used to specifically look for indications of outsourcing. A single indication of potential outsourcing is not proof, but several can provide an illuminating overall picture. These ten questions should help to critically check bibliographies for such clues. Further clues can be provided, for example, by the metadata of electronically submitted documents.

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