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Table 4 Correlations between the Different Dimensions and Scales of the Questionnaire

From: Plagiarism as an academic literacy issue: the comprehension, writing and consulting strategies of Portuguese university students

 

Writing from Sources

Writing

Comprehension

Source Consulting Strategies

Citation Rules

 

Para/Patch

Copying

Summarizing

Revision

Planning

Think-then-do

Integration

Organization

Selection

Less Appro

More Elab

Paraph/Patch

1

           

Copying

− 0.222

1

          

Summarizing

0.424**

− 0.082

1

         

Revision

0.317*

− 0.296

0.374*

1

        

Planning

0.375*

− 0.183

0.395**

0.529**

1

       

Think-then-do

0.249

− 0.178

0.345*

0.295

0.192

1

      

Integration

0.409**

0.094

0.550**

0.542**

0.532**

0.504**

1

     

Organization

0.380*

− 0.045

0.407**

0.361*

0.604**

0.479**

0.725**

1

    

Selection

0.213

− 0.151

0.340*

0.515**

0.537**

0.195

0.553**

0.635**

1

   

Less Appropriate

− 0.224

0.013

− 0.141

− 0.261

− 0.213

− 0.361*

− 0.311*

− 0.211

− 0.176

1

  

More Elaborate

0.259

− 0.174

0.396**

0.386**

0.520**

0.368*

0.581**

0.596**

0.556**

− 0.378*

1

 

Citation Rules

0.246

− 0.019

0.433**

0.057

0.370*

0.284

0.360*

0.270

0.130

− 0.452**

0.619**

1

  1. *p < .05; **p < .01