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Table 1 Questions posted on Chegg in 18/19 and 19/20

From: Contract cheating by STEM students through a file sharing website: a Covid-19 pandemic perspective

 

Total number of questions per year

Average number of questions per day

Percentual increase from year 2018–2019 to year 2019–2020

Computer Science 19/20

988,403

2700.55

57.03

Computer Science 18/19

629,402

1724.39

Physics 19/20

1,130,991

3090.14

77.91

Physics 18/19

635,677

1741.58

Chemistry 19/20

1,758,165

4803.73

99.53

Chemistry 18/19

881,122

2414.03

Mechanical Engineering 19/20

71,3243

1948.75

64.49

Mechanical Engineering 18/19

433,599

1187.94

Electrical Engineering 19/20

744,968

2035.43

58.31

Electrical Engineering 18/19

470,572

1289.24

All Subjects 19/20

5,335,770

14,578.61

74.92

All Subjects 18/19

3,050,372

8357.18