Plagiarism

Dr. Todd Kettner and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI): Incompetence, Malice, or a Work of a Hired Assassin?

by Dr. Bob Uttl Dr. Todd Kettner, a registrant of the College of Psychologists of British Columbia (now College of Health and Care Professionals of BC) and a member of Canadian Psychological Association, was the first psychologist Ms. T saw after she was walked out of the class on May 10, 2020, for reasons unknown …

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Did Dr. Mary Westcott plagiarize her Expert Report from Dr. Allan Mandel, her boss, and President of Mandel & Associates Ltd.?

By Dr. Bob Uttl (May 10, 2024) However, what happened in this case went well beyond collaboration, consultation, wordsmithing or editing. It was word-for-word copying of a technical expert’s opinions and conclusions on key issues before this Court, all done without any attribution. It is plagiarism pure and simple. Plagiarism is wrong whether it is intentional or not Justice Lafreniere, …

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Errors, falsehoods, and plagiarism in scoring and interpreting psychological tests: Minimally competent conduct?

By Dr. Bob Uttl (September 9, 2023) plagiarize (verb): to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own : use (another’s production) without crediting the source merriam-webster.com On September 15, 2010, Dr. Westcott, from Mandel & Associates Ltd, issued her report on Ms. T (Westcott September 15, 2010 Report). Dr. …

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