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Investigation Into Practices, Reasons, Attitudes of Engineering Students Towards Cheating in Exams

Table 3:

No. Statements Mean SD
1 “I would cheat if the exam questions were too difficult. 2.79 1.257
2 I would cheat to obtain a higher grade. 3.02 1.266
3 I would cheat to avoid failure. 2.90 1.286
4 I would cheat so as not to disappoint my family. 3.24 1.307
5 I would cheat if other colleagues in my year/ group did the same thing. 3.31 1.271
6 I would cheat if the teacher did not teach well. 2.64 1.340
7 I would cheat if there was too much work. 3.23 1.191
8 It is wrong to cheat, even if the course content is difficult. 2.04 0.984
9 It is wrong to cheat, even if the teacher gives you too much work. 2.01 1.009
10 It is wrong to cheat, even if I am in danger of failing the exams. 2.21 1.042
11 It is wrong to cheat, regardless of the circumstances. 2.20 1.121
12 I would report the incidence of a cheating committed by an unknown student. 4.11 0.932
13 I would report the incidence of a cheating committed by a friend student.” 4.21 0.941
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