Table 2 Summary Statistics for Turnitin Similarity Report
Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of papers examined | 79 | 99 | 65 | 67 |
Average Number of Authors | 14.82 ± 12.38 | 7.82 ± 4.76 | 7.0 ± 4.59 | 4.99 ± 3.4 |
Median Number of Authors | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Similarity report (avg ± std) | 6.9% ± 5.66 | 9.89% ± 8.81 | 7.31% ± 8.28 | 8.76% ± 7.81 |
Similarity report (Median, IQR) | 6.5 (IQR, 8) | |||
Presence of plagiarism | 36.7% (n = 29) | 52.5% (n = 52) | 20% (n = 13) | 52.2% (n = 35) |
Average # of copied sentences | 0.95 ± 2.08 | 2.89 ± 5.71 | 2.32 ± 10.92 | 2.79 ± 5.0 |
Median # of copied sentences | 3 (IQR4) | |||
Redundancy | 3.8% (n = 3) | 19.2% (n = 19) | 4.6% (n = 3) | 8.9% (n = 6) |
Average Time Spent in analysis (min) | 2.44 ± 2.09 | 2.55 ± 2.84 | 2.25 ± 3.8 | 2.51 ± 3.67 |
Far Out Reports (based on Tukey Test) | 1 32% | 4 32%, 34%, 36%, 61% | 3 33%, 33%, 40% | 0 |