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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for students’ acceptance level of academic integrity breaches (1 – strong acceptance, 5 – strong rejection)

From: Students’ awareness of the academic integrity policy at a Latvian university

Academic integrity breach

Mode

Mdn

IQR

Values

1 (%)

2 (%)

3 (%)

4 (%)

5 (%)

Using unauthorised aids in any assignment (quiz, test or exam)

3

3

1

4

9

43

33

11

Copying the work of a classmate in any assignment (quiz, test or exam)

4

4

1

2

8

35

40

15

Allowing a classmate to copy a student’s work in any assignment (quiz, test or exam)

3

3

1

3

12

46

29

10

Signing for another student in the lecture attendance list

3

4

1

5

9

36

31

19

Giving a student’s completed work to a classmate

3

3

1

3

18

43

25

11

Asking another student to complete/write any work/task for the student

4

4

1

3

5

29

40

23

Avoiding contributing to the group work

4

4

1

1

2

21

40

36

Falsifying data in laboratory work

4

4

2

2

6

27

40

25

Forging a teacher’s signature

5

5

1

1

2

12

21

64

Putting fragments of other authors’ works in a student’s work without references to original sources

4

4

1

2

3

26

45

24

Completing an individual task in cooperation with another student

3

3

1

9

28

43

14

6

Remaining silent when seeing another student break the rules

3

3

0

7

15

59

14

5

Giving false information to the teacher or administration

4

4

1

2

5

29

40

24