misstery_ Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 So I just put my EE through turnitin and it came back with 9% similar. Is the fact that this percentage is low compared to the 20% that we're allowed to reach something to take note of because my supervisor is constantly stressing the fact that this is in the end a research essay and the low percentage could mean a lack of evidence and quotations? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_djoko Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) It depends on the subject and topic you've choose. I completed my EE on psychology and received a total of 13% plagiarism Edited September 28, 2015 by a_djoko Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
misstery_ Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 It's an English A essay and I did reference some of the ideas I used but it still came up low Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El :3 Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) Nah it should be okay. I did a physics EE which had 14%, but mine's a special case cos it actually pinged all my excel formulae, which is stupid. If you exclude the excel formulae (which were in the appendices), I had only 4% plagiarism. Edited September 28, 2015 by El :3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
misstery_ Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Nah it should be okay. I did a physics EE which had 14%, but mine's a special case cos it actually pinged all my excel formulae, which is stupid. If you exclude the excel formulae (which were in the appendices), I had only 4% plagiarism. I guess I'll stop worrying then. Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevG Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah English essays need to have a lot of quotations and stuff. Most people in my grade who did English EEs got 30-60% Plagiarism. One kid got a 60% cause he included two whole speeches in his appendix. So yeah watch out, if you don't have much analysis of your text. Source: My School is known to get really good grades in English/History essays Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
misstery_ Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Yeah English essays need to have a lot of quotations and stuff. Most people in my grade who did English EEs got 30-60% Plagiarism. One kid got a 60% cause he included two whole speeches in his appendix. So yeah watch out, if you don't have much analysis of your text. Source: My School is known to get really good grades in English/History essays The only problem is our school limits everyone (regardless of what subject you're doing) to 20% so I think I might try and bump it up to that by adding more quotes and stuff Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 No offence to the teacher, but for the argument, it's absolutely ridiculous.It's like saying if someone finishes an exam early, she must have messed up or missed something really significant.Turnitin is programmed to recognize proper citations, which should not show up on plagiarism. Similarity is a poor indication of how much or little evidence you have. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachP Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Hi all, I've recently submitted my Psychology EE and Turnitin checked me as 48% of my similarity index. Most of the percentage is when I used the aim, method, result and conclusion of each study, 8 in total. I've checked this with my supervisor and he said it's fine and nothing to worry. However, I felt scared when I read others' comments. Am I going to fail the diploma? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachP Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 On 9/28/2015 at 3:21 PM, kevG said: Yeah English essays need to have a lot of quotations and stuff. Most people in my grade who did English EEs got 30-60% Plagiarism. One kid got a 60% cause he included two whole speeches in his appendix. So yeah watch out, if you don't have much analysis of your text. Source: My School is known to get really good grades in English/History essays Does anyone fail to receive their diploma? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsie Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/13/2019 at 8:36 AM, CoachP said: Hi all, I've recently submitted my Psychology EE and Turnitin checked me as 48% of my similarity index. Most of the percentage is when I used the aim, method, result and conclusion of each study, 8 in total. I've checked this with my supervisor and he said it's fine and nothing to worry. However, I felt scared when I read others' comments. Am I going to fail the diploma? 1 What my EE supervisor told us: You'll only fail the extended essay if you don't cite your sources/quotes. She further explained that % similarity doesn't matter, it's just used as a tool to help you check for uncited sources. Turnitin highlights any "similarity" that it finds, even when it's a cited source, so that usually bumps up the % similarity even if there is zero plagiarism - and the plagiarism part is what IB sees as problematic. tl;dr: Just cite everything you use in your essay that isn't original, and there won't be a problem. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjooiks Posted October 9, 2019 Report Share Posted October 9, 2019 It depends on the subject and topic you've choose. I completed my EE on psychology and received a total of 13% plagiarism Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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