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Writing research reports is found to be challenging for students. One of the most encountered problem concerning student projects is providing citations. The present study is aimed at revealing citation misconceptions of Czech (n = 130) and Turkish (n = 250) university students. Students have misconceptions concerning providing citations. Thus it is not possible to attribute students’ plagiarism action only to intentional behaviour but unintentional as well. Students are more vulnerable to plagiarise in some plagiarism types while less in others. Cultural differences influence plagiarism types and degree of plagiarism risks.
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Questionnaire
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You can copy the information on the internet without providing citation because it is anonymous.
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If you citate/quote an author than you have to get permission from him/her.
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There is no need to provide citation whenever a figure or a table is copied.
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There is a need to cite if only most of the research paper is used.
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There is a need to cite if only original words used in the source are copied.
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If you write the author’s thinking in your own words, than there is no need to cite.
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If you change the words of the author than there is no need to cite.
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If the information is known by everyone and is widely used or common, there is no need to provide citation.
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If the sentences copied are short, there is no need to provide citation.
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If you translate the information (from other language), there is no need to provide citation.
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If you summarize part of author’s sentences, you can provide citation at the end of your text.
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If you summarize more than one paragraph of an author and write your own paragraph, there is no need to provide citation.
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If you use a friend’s written work, there is no need to provide citation.
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If the data is from interviews and conversation conducted by you, there is no need to provide citation.
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Baysen, E., Hošková-Mayerová, Š., Çakmak, N., Baysen, F. (2017). Misconceptions of Czech and Turkish University Students in Providing Citations. In: Maturo, A., Hošková-Mayerová, Š., Soitu, DT., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Recent Trends in Social Systems: Quantitative Theories and Quantitative Models. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 66. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40585-8_16
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