Table 4.
Comparison of 2016–2020 annual means of weekly searches for the keywords analysed, based on data from Google Trends.
| Keywords | Year | Average search interest | Standard deviation | Bilateral significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat online | 2016 | 8.58 | 1.399 | 0.000∗ |
| 2017 | 8.57 | 1.436 | ||
| 2018 | 9.75 | 1.487 | ||
| 2019 | 13.4 | 1.329 | ||
| 2020 | 27.37 | 4.065 | ||
| Total | 13.51 | 1.076 | ||
| Cheat exam online | 2016 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000∗ |
| 2017 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| 2018 | 0.31 | 0.30 | ||
| 2019 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| 2020 | 14.44 | 3.67 | ||
| Total | 2.94 | 0.81 | ||
| Cheat exam | 2016 | 19.71 | 2.65 | 0.006∗ |
| 2017 | 13.11 | 1.95 | ||
| 2018 | 14.12 | 1.93 | ||
| 2019 | 13.40 | 1.69 | ||
| 2020 | 23.58 | 3.48 | ||
| Total | 16.77 | 1.10 | ||
| Cheat sheets exam | 2016 | 22.94 | 4.19 | 0.070 |
| 2017 | 11.68 | 2.54 | ||
| 2018 | 13.92 | 3.19 | ||
| 2019 | 11.73 | 2.37 | ||
| 2020 | 14.52 | 3.05 | ||
| Total | 14.95 | 1.41 |
∗ Significant at p < 0.05 level.