Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detecting plagiarism in a set of constructed responses by accessing and pre-processing the set of constructed responses to facilitate the pairing and comparing of the constructed responses. The similarity value generated from the comparison of a pair of constructed responses serves as an indicator of possible plagiarism.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 26, 2013
Date of Patent:
October 6, 2015
Assignee:
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Inventors:
Susan M. Lottridge, Howard C. Mitzel, John A. Pennington
Abstract: A computerized system for scoring constructed responses to one or more prompts. The system receives a plurality of constructed responses in an electronic font-based format and separates the plurality of constructed responses into a first group of constructed responses that are scorable by the system and a second group of constructed responses that are not scorable by the system. The constructed responses in the first group are assigned scores based on predetermined rules, and the scores are sent to a score database. In a preferred embodiment, the first group includes constructed responses that do not answer the prompt and constructed responses that match pre-scored responses. The second group of constructed responses are sent by the system to a hand-scorer for manual scoring.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 30, 2014
Publication date:
February 19, 2015
Applicant:
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Inventors:
Susan M. LOTTRIDGE, Howard C. MITZEL, John A. PENNINGTON
Abstract: A computerized system for scoring constructed responses to one or more prompts. The system receives a plurality of constructed responses in an electronic font-based format and separates the plurality of constructed responses into a first group of constructed responses that are scorable by the system and a second group of constructed responses that are not scorable by the system. The constructed responses in the first group are assigned scores based on predetermined rules, and the scores are sent to a score database. In a preferred embodiment, the first group includes constructed responses that do not answer the prompt and constructed responses that match pre-scored responses. The second group of constructed responses are sent by the system to a hand-scorer for manual scoring.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 2008
Date of Patent:
November 11, 2014
Assignee:
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Inventors:
Susan M. Lottridge, Howard C. Mitzel, John A. Pennington
Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detecting plagiarism in a set of constructed responses by accessing and pre-processing the set of constructed responses to facilitate the pairing and comparing of the constructed responses. The similarity value generated from the comparison of a pair of constructed responses serves as an indicator of possible plagiarism.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 26, 2013
Publication date:
October 30, 2014
Applicant:
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Inventors:
Susan M. LOTTRIDGE, Howard C. Mitzel, John A. Pennington
Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detecting plagiarism in a set of constructed responses by accessing and pre-processing the set of constructed responses to facilitate the pairing and comparing of the constructed responses. The similarity value generated from the comparison of a pair of constructed responses serves as an indicator of possible plagiarism.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 26, 2013
Assignee:
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Inventors:
Susan M. Lottridge, Howard C. Mitzel, John A. Pennington
Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detecting plagiarism in a set of constructed responses by accessing and pre-processing the set of constructed responses to facilitate the pairing and comparing of the constructed responses. The similarity value generated from the comparison of a pair of constructed responses serves as an indicator of possible plagiarism.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 24, 2009
Publication date:
March 24, 2011
Applicant:
PACIFIC METRICS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Susan M. LOTTRIDGE, Howard C. MITZEL, John A. PENNINGTON
Abstract: A computerized system for scoring constructed responses to one or more prompts. The system receives a plurality of constructed responses in an electronic font-based format and separates the plurality of constructed responses into a first group of constructed responses that are scorable by the system and a second group of constructed responses that are not scorable by the system. The constructed responses in the first group are assigned scores based on predetermined rules, and the scores are sent to a score database. In a preferred embodiment, the first group includes constructed responses that do not answer the prompt and constructed responses that match pre-scored responses. The second group of constructed responses are sent by the system to a hand-scorer for manual scoring.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 11, 2008
Publication date:
December 17, 2009
Applicant:
Pacific Metrics Corporation
Inventors:
Susan M. Lottridge, Howard C. Mitzel, John A. Pennington