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Table 4 Occurrence of unintentional plagiarism across the disciplines

From: Plagiarism and text-matching software: awareness, attitude and knowledge of research students in India

Discipline

Unintentional Plagiarism Committed

Total

Yes

No

Can't say

No

%

No

%

Social Sciences

35

44.9

27

34.6

16

78

Science/Engineering/Health Sciences

9

28.1

10

31.3

13

32

Management

4

36.4

6

54.5

1

11

Humanities

13

43.3

8

26.7

9

30

Total

61

40.4

51

33.8

39

151

Statistical parameters

Value

df

Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)

 

Pearson Chi-Square

1.797a

3

0.616

 

Likelihood Ratio

1.798

3

0.615

 

N of Valid Cases

112

   
  1. a.1 cell (12.5%) has an expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 4.55