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Detecting and punishing cheating in those circumstances sounds like a Hard Problem. In particular, when your software says 2 essays were probably written by the
by cabalamat 16y ago
Detecting and punishing cheating in those circumstances sounds like a Hard Problem. In particular, when your software says 2 essays were probably written by the same student, but both students deny it, how can they reasonably be punished, since there is no proof?
- Zak 16y agoQuestions like "why did you say X?" usually reveal whether a person is actually familiar with what they claim to have written. It's imperfect, certainly, and I would never recommend punishing a student based entirely on an algorithm's result, but I think I can provide a tool to drastically cut down on this sort of academic fraud. I intend to make it very clear to customers that they should not punish students based only on information provided by my software.
- cabalamat 16y ago> Questions like "why did you say X?" usually reveal whether a person is actually familiar with what they claim to have written. That's true. If an algorithm flags someone as a possible cheat multiple times, it may be worth inspecting that person further. > I intend to make it very clear to customers that they should not punish students based only on information provided by my software. Good idea. Customers should however publicise that anti-cheating software is in use.