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Table 6 Students’ perceived occurrence of specific academically dishonest practices in the study institution

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

Questiona

No. of respondents (%)

Mean rating (SD)

Never

A few times

Many times

Prefer not to say

Cheating during class tests

35 (26.72)

68 (51.91)

26 (19.85)

2 (1.53)

1.93 (0.69)

Cheating during examinations

32 (24.43)

64 (48.85)

33 (25.19)

2 (1.59)

2.01 (0.71)

Inappropriately sharing answers in assignments

30 (22.90)

56 (42.75)

41 (31.30)

4 (3.05)

2.09 (0.75)

Exchange of money for academic favours

107 (81.68)

19 (14.50)

1 (0.76)

4 (3.05)

1.17 (0.39)

  1. aResponses were taken on a four-point Likert scale; 1 never, 2 a few times, 3 many times, 4 prefer not to say