Table 9.

Impact of assessment practices on motivation/morale, progression, graduation, expenses.

	N	Minimum	Maximum	Score		95% confidence interval
				Mean	Std. error
Poor administration of examinations undermines the quality of assessment	132	1	3	1.52	0.061	1.40–1.64
Missing examination papers increase students' anxiety	148	1	2	1.34	0.039	1.26–1.42
Change of examination timetables puts stress on the students	148	1	3	1.68	0.054	1.57–1.79
Change of examination timetable affects the performance of students negatively	148	1	3	1.78	0.051	1.68–1.88
Repeating failed examination papers places unnecessary financial burden on the students and their families	148	1	3	2.00	0.054	1.89–2.11
Some students fail to graduate because of missing examination papers whose timetable were changed at short notice	116	1	4	2.43	0.083	2.27–2.59
Students fail to graduate because they repeatedly fail one module	116	1	4	2.29	0.095	2.10–2.48