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. 2013 Jul 10;4:423. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00423

Table 10.

Ethical conduct of examinations.

N Minimum Maximum Score 95% confidence interval
Mean Std. error
Lecturers conduct themselves with integrity when invigilating examinations 148 1 2 1.57 0.041 1.50–1.65
Students often copy each other's work 148 1 4 2.88 0.072 2.74–3.02
Lecturers do not penalize students who copy other people's work 132 1 4 3.00 0.097 2.81–3.19
The grading of assignments is often partial (i.e., high marks are given to the students the lecturer likes) 148 1 4 2.76 0.093 2.58–2.94
Some lecturers give high marks to avoid being queried by the students 148 1 4 3.09 0.082 2.93–3.25
Some lecturers give high marks to ensure that they achieve high pass rates to show that they are better than other lecturers 148 1 4 3.09 0.082 2.93–3.25
To be popular with students, some lecturers award undeserved high marks 148 2 4 3.22 0.076 3.07–3.37