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Table 5 Plagiarism revealed in a sample of 150 theses in 5 universities in Mozambique

From: Plagiarism in five universities in Mozambique: Magnitude, detection techniques, and control measures

Institution

Type of thesis

n° of theses

Severity of the plagiarism*

Memo: % with significant, much or very much plagiarism

Memo: % with none or very little plagiarism

Very much

Much

Significant

Little

Very little

None

Total

   

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

A + B + C

E + F

UP

Masters

24

33%

33%

17%

4%

8%

4%

100%

83%

13%

ISPU

Masters

21

38%

19%

14%

5%

14%

10%

100%

71%

24%

ISCTEM

Lic.

23

17%

35%

13%

17%

9%

9%

100%

65%

17%

USTM

Lic.

25

72%

20%

8%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

0%

UEM linguistics

Masters

20

15%

5%

25%

5%

15%

35%

100%

45%

50%

UEM education

Masters

21

33%

29%

14%

19%

5%

0%

100%

76%

5%

UEM sociology

Masters

4

100%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

0%

UEM economics**

Masters

12

38%

23%

14%

8%

8%

9%

100%

75%

8%

Weighted average (all years)

%

 

39%

22%

15%

9%

7%

9%

100%

75%

16%

Grand Total

n°

150

58

33

22

13

11

13

150

  

years < 2008

 

25

28%

40%

12%

12%

4%

4%

100%

80%

8%

2008 ≤ years ≤ 2013

125

41%

18%

15%

8%

8%

10%

100%

74%

18%

Licenciaturas

 

48

46%

27%

10%

8%

4%

4%

100%

83%

8%

Masters

 

102

35%

20%

17%

9%

9%

11%

100%

72%

20%

  1. *For definitions, see Table 3.
  2. **The 12 monographs from UEM’s economics faculty were examined only by Urkund thus yielding a downward bias since TurnItIn might have spotted additional problems. The monographs examined here are by different authors than those evaluated in Coughlin (2013) though the results are quite similar, i.e., 91% vs 100% containing at least some plagiarism.