Percentage of dishonest academic behaviour frequency on examinations and assignments
| Factor | Dishonest academic behaviours | Mean | SD | Frequency of behaviours | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never (%) | Seldom (%) | Sometimes (%) | Often (%) | Always (%) | ||||
| 1 | Cheating in examinations | |||||||
| Look at peers' answers during a test/exam | 1.678 | 0.929 | 56.7 | 22.8 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | |
| Learning what is on a test from someone who has already taken it | 1.567 | 0.868 | 64.3 | 18.7 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | |
| Copying from other students on a test/exam without their knowledge | 1.362 | 0.726 | 76.7 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| Helping someone else cheat on a test/exam | 1.469 | 0.805 | 69.5 | 17.2 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 | |
| Copying from other students on a test/exam with their knowledge | 1.394 | 0.747 | 74.0 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | |
| Using unauthorized cheat notes during tests/exams | 1.342 | 0.727 | 78.0 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | |
| Using an electronic/digital device as an unauthorized aid during a test/exam | 1.306 | 0.738 | 82.0 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
| 2 | Dishonesty in assignments | |||||||
| Allow your assignment to be copied by your course mates | 1.904 | 1.077 | 48.3 | 24.7 | 18.5 | 5.2 | 3.3 | |
| Paraphrasing/copying few sentences for your assignment from a written source without acknowledging it | 1.711 | 0.898 | 53.6 | 26.4 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | |
| Paraphrasing/copying few sentences for your assignment from Internet source without acknowledging it | 1.741 | 0.903 | 52.1 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | |
| Receiving unauthorized help from someone on an assignment | 1.539 | 0.806 | 63.6 | 21.4 | 12.7 | 2.2 | 0.1 | |
| Copying another student's assignment and submitting it as your own | 1.431 | 0.750 | 70.7 | 17.4 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |
| Copying material almost word for word from a written source for your assignment without citing the source | 1.463 | 0.753 | 67.8 | 19.5 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |
| Working with others on assignments when it is required to be done as an individual assignment | 1.572 | 0.806 | 60.1 | 25.2 | 12.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | |
| Pay someone to do your coursework for you | 1.247 | 0.634 | 84.6 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
| Factor | Dishonest academic behaviours | Mean | SD | Frequency of behaviours | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never (%) | Seldom (%) | Sometimes (%) | Often (%) | Always (%) | ||||
| 1 | ||||||||
| Look at peers' answers during a test/exam | 1.678 | 0.929 | 56.7 | 22.8 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 1.0 | |
| Learning what is on a test from someone who has already taken it | 1.567 | 0.868 | 64.3 | 18.7 | 13.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | |
| Copying from other students on a test/exam without their knowledge | 1.362 | 0.726 | 76.7 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| Helping someone else cheat on a test/exam | 1.469 | 0.805 | 69.5 | 17.2 | 10.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 | |
| Copying from other students on a test/exam with their knowledge | 1.394 | 0.747 | 74.0 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | |
| Using unauthorized cheat notes during tests/exams | 1.342 | 0.727 | 78.0 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | |
| Using an electronic/digital device as an unauthorized aid during a test/exam | 1.306 | 0.738 | 82.0 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
| 2 | ||||||||
| Allow your assignment to be copied by your course mates | 1.904 | 1.077 | 48.3 | 24.7 | 18.5 | 5.2 | 3.3 | |
| Paraphrasing/copying few sentences for your assignment from a written source without acknowledging it | 1.711 | 0.898 | 53.6 | 26.4 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | |
| Paraphrasing/copying few sentences for your assignment from Internet source without acknowledging it | 1.741 | 0.903 | 52.1 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | |
| Receiving unauthorized help from someone on an assignment | 1.539 | 0.806 | 63.6 | 21.4 | 12.7 | 2.2 | 0.1 | |
| Copying another student's assignment and submitting it as your own | 1.431 | 0.750 | 70.7 | 17.4 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |
| Copying material almost word for word from a written source for your assignment without citing the source | 1.463 | 0.753 | 67.8 | 19.5 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | |
| Working with others on assignments when it is required to be done as an individual assignment | 1.572 | 0.806 | 60.1 | 25.2 | 12.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | |
| Pay someone to do your coursework for you | 1.247 | 0.634 | 84.6 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |
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