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Cheating in the News > March 19, 2004 |
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| Dear Associate,
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The methods of cheating are as varied as the individuals involved. This week's stories cover everything from plagiarism, proxy test-taking and bribery to the very unusual use of one's thigh as a cheat sheet.
Here at Caveon we believe to discover test fraud you need to search for clues beyond the perimeter of a test session. Be sure to read "The Tao of Test Aberrance" by Dennis Maynes which explains how unusual response patterns are detected in test results through sophisticated and theoretically sound statistical methods. |
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| Regards, |
| Don Sorensen |
| Caveon Test Security |
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1 > The Tao of Test Aberrance
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| Dennis Maynes, Chieft Scientist, Caveon |
| For those who are concerned about test security, cheating is the most interesting aberrant behavior. While aberrance is not synonymous with cheating on an exam or the theft of test questions, it is expected that such activities will leave an imprint and evidence in the data record. |
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2 > New Details Emerge in Taiwan Braindump Case
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| CertCities.com - 3.17.04 |
| CertCities.com recently obtained a translation of a Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau press release that sheds new light on the February arrest of four people for selling IT certification exam questions and setting up a proxy testing network where students in Taiwan, China and other countries would pay up to $1,800 to have others take their IT certification exams for them.
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3 > The Writing on the Thigh
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| Anchorage Press - 3.17.04 |
| A young woman discovers various and unusual forms of cheating including: notes hidden under the brim of a hat, test answers burned to CD and notes written on a female thigh (covered by a mini-skirt). |
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4 > Cheating in the Digital Age
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| Boston.com - 3.17.04 |
| Password theft, hacking into the school computer network to sabotage or steal classmates' work, surfing the Web for old term papers and conversing with strangers in chat rooms are just some of the extracurricular activities students are getting up to during school hours. |
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5 > Doctor, Doctor
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| Newsline - Pakistan |
| During examinations, students not only cheat openly, they demand that invigilators help them find the answers to different questions in their notes. Says Dr. Sher Shah, "I have been beaten up three times because I refused to allow cheating during examinations." |
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