Table 3.
Multivariate analysis of student self-reported attitudes and behaviours related to plagiarism*
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Explanatory variables |
Female |
Clinical |
Private medical college |
Formally studied ethics |
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| Scenarios related to plagiarism | CPR (95% CI) APR (95% CI) | CPR (95% CI) APR (95% CI) | CPR (95% CI) APR (95% CI) | CPR (95% CI) APR (95% CI) | ||||
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For an assignment, a student copies verbatim (word-for-word) from the internet and other published sources (textbooks, papers) and lists them as references. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1.1 (0.8, 1.4) |
1 (0.8, 1.3) |
1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1.5 (1.2, 2.0) |
1.4 (0.97, 1.9) |
0.7 (0.5, 0.9) |
0.8 (0.5, 1.2) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. |
1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1 (0.7, 1.4) |
1 (0.7, 1.4) |
0.6 (0.5, 0.9) |
0.6 (0.4, 0.9) |
1.2 (0.8, 1.7) |
0.9 (0.6, 1.4) |
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For an assignment, a student copies from the internet and other published sources (textbooks, papers) without acknowledging the sources. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
1.1 (0.9,1.4) |
1.1 (0.9, 1.4) |
0.9 (0.8, 1.2) |
1 (0.8, 1.2) |
1.3 (1.0, 1.6) |
1.3 (1.0, 1.7) |
0.9 (0.7, 1.1) |
1.0 (0.8, 1.4) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. |
0.6 (0.4, 0.96) |
0.6 (0.4, 1.01) |
1.2 (0.9, 2.2) |
1.4 (0.8, 2.2) |
0.6 (0.4, 0.9) |
0.5 (0.3, 0.9) |
1.3 (0.8, 2.0) |
0.8 (0.4,1.4) |
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For an assignment, a student copies from assignments submitted earlier by senior peers. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
1.1 (0.9, 1.3) |
1.1 (0.9, 1.3) |
0.9 (0.8, 1.2) |
0.9 (0.7, 1.1) |
0.9 (0.8, 1.1) |
0.97 (0.8, 1.2) |
1.1 (0.9, 1.4) |
1.1 (0.9, 1.5) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. |
0.6 (0.4, 0.96) |
0.7 (0.5, 1.1) |
2.8 (1.9, 4.3) |
2.9 (1.8, 4.5) |
1.1 (0.7, 1.7) |
1.1 (0.7, 1.8) |
1 (0.6, 1.6) |
0.8 (0.4, 1.4) |
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A student helps a friend by writing an assignment for him/her. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
0.9 (0.7, 1.2) |
0.9 (0.7, 1.2) |
0.8 (0.6, 1.0) |
0.8 (0.6, 1.0) |
1.2 (0.9, 1.5) |
1.1 (0.8. 1.5) |
0.8 (0.6, 1.1) |
1 (0.7, 1.4) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. |
1.1 (0.8, 1.4) |
1.2 (0.9, 1.5) |
1.2, (0.9, 1.5) |
1.1 (0.9, 1.5) |
0.8 (0.6, 0.97) |
0.8 (0.6, 1.1) |
1.3 (1, 1.7) |
1 (0.7, 1.5) |
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A student lends his work to a friend to copy. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
1.1 (0.9, 1.5) |
1.0 (0.8, 1.3) |
0.6 (0.5, 0.8) |
0.6 (0.4, 0.8) |
0.8 (0.6, 1.0) |
0.7 (0.5, 0.9) |
0.9 (0.6, 1.2) |
0.9 (0.6, 1.3) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. |
1.3 (0.98, 1.8) |
1.3 (0.95 1.7) |
1.1 (0.8, 1.5) |
1.4 (1.1, 1.95) |
1.8 (1.3, 2.5) |
1.3 (0.9, 1.9) |
0.5 (0.3, 0.7) |
0.5 (0.3, 0.8) |
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A student copies a friend’s work without telling him. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
1.1 (0. 9, 1.3) |
1.1 (0.9, 1.3) |
1 (0.8, 1.2) |
1 (0.8, 1.2) |
1.0 (0.8, 1.2) |
1.0 (0.8, 1.3) |
1.0 (0.8, 1.3) |
1.0 (0.8, 1.4) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. |
0.5 (0.2, 0.9) |
0.5 (0.2, 1.1) |
2.1 (1.0, 4.4) |
2.2 (1, 4.8) |
0.7 (0.4, 1.5) |
0.7 (0.3, 1.5) |
1.1 (0.5, 2.3) |
0.5 (0.2, 1.4) |
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A student re-submits the same report for another part of the course. |
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| a. The student is wrong. |
1 (0.8, 1.2) |
1 (0.8, 1.2) |
1 (0.8, 1.2) |
0.8 (0.6, 1.1) |
0.8 (0.6, 0.98) |
0.9 (0.7, 1.2) |
1.3 (1.0, 1.7) |
1.3 (0.95, 1.8) |
| b. Have done or would consider doing the same. | 0.7 (0.4, 1.2) | 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) | 1.6 (0.99, 2.7) | 1.7 (0.99, 2.9) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) | 1.8 (0.9, 3.6) | 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) | 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) |
*Agreement with the scenario stems i.e. a response of “Yes”, is reported here in absolute numbers out of total number of respondents in the sub-group and corresponding percentages. Remaining responses were either “No” or “Not sure”. Not all respondents provided an answer to each scenario/question. Significance is indicated by bold text.