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Table 4 Students’ self-reported understanding and perceived effectiveness of institutional AD regulations, compared to how they perceived their lecturers to understand and support these regulations

From: Academic dishonesty in higher education: students’ perceptions and involvement in an African institution

Question

Mean rating (SD)a

Percentage of high ratingsb

Students’ self-reported understanding of policies

2.92 (0.89)

30.53

Lecturers’ perceived understanding of policies

3.22 (1.10)

58.78

Students’ perceived effectiveness of policies

3.59 (0.73)

70.99

Students’ perceived severity of penalties

3.41 (0.87)

61.83

Students’ support for policies

2.67 (0.83)

18.32

Lecturers’ perceived support for policies

3.23 (1.04)

56.49

  1. aRatings were taken on a four-point Likert scale, where 1 do not know, 2 low, 3 average, 4 high
  2. bPercentage of high ratings: number of respondents answering “high” as a percentage of the total number of respondents