Análisis de la aplicabilidad de paráfrasis en los productos de investigación en exámenes complexivos.

Abstract

The objective of the research is to analyze the ways in which the paraphrase is applied in the research work of the students of the accounting and auditing career of the Technical University of Machala, to diagnose the level of compliance with regard to the APA Standards application. The study has a qualitative approach, the information of the works was obtained from the UTMACH Digital Repository platform of the undergraduate work section of the Faculty of Business Sciences, especially those of the accounting and auditing career of the modality of complex examination. In the research results, it was evidenced that academics have flaws in the use of the paraphrase technique and, in turn, ignorance of what is established in the regulations corresponding to bibliographic citations, leads them to take ideas and thoughts from the authors selected to base their work as self-written writings, thus originating what is called information plagiarism.