Table 10.
Ethical conduct of examinations.
N | Minimum | Maximum | Score | 95% confidence interval | ||
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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 |