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Table 4 Estimates of Whether Students Reported Witnessing any Incidents of Academic Dishonesty in the Past

From: Student and faculty perceptions of, and experiences with, academic dishonesty at a medium-sized Canadian university

Main Effect

β

SE

Sig.

Exp(β)

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

Intercept

−.678

.269

.012

.508

  

Males (Females)

−.039

.170

.816

.961

.690

1.340

Year of experience (1st year)

.321

.112

.004

1.379

1.108

1.716

Discipline (Arts & Sciences - Sciences)

  

<.001

   

 Arts and Science - Humanities

−1.084

.310

<.001

.338

.184

.621

 Arts and Science – Social Sciences

−.559

.245

.023

.572

.353

.924

 Dhillon School of Business

−.057

.235

.810

.945

.596

1.499

 Education

−.762

.307

.013

.467

.255

.852

 Fine Arts

−1.144

.329

.001

.319

.167

.608

Health Sciences/Nursing

−.362

.278

.193

.696

.404

1.200

Highest Level of Educational Attainment (High School Diploma)

  

.171

   

 Diploma or Certificate

.282

.309

.361

1.326

.724

2.431

 Bachelor’s degree

.862

.499

.084

2.368

.891

6.292

 Master’s degree

1.853

.801

.021

6.378

1.327

30.656

 Doctorate degree

2.524

1.42

.076

12.475

.772

201.678

Belief that academic honesty among students is important (Strongly agree)

  

.024

   

 Agree

−.337

.177

.057

.714

.505

1.009

 Neither disagree nor agree

−1.099

.505

.030

.333

.124

.897

 Disagree

2.051

1.130

.070

7.776

.848

71.289

 Strongly disagree

−.236

.374

.528

.790

.380

1.643

Belief that they have been adequately taught what constitutes constitutes plagiarism, academic fraud, academic misconduct or other cheating behaviours

  

.040

   

 Agree

.278

.175

.113

1.321

.937

1.863

 Neither disagree nor agree

.726

.314

.021

2.067

1.117

3.827

 Disagree

.432

.311

.164

1.540

.838

2.832

 Strongly disagree

1.305

.574

.023

3.688

1.196

11.369

Interaction of education and experience

−.085

.061

.167

.919

.815

1.036

  1. Gender is relative to females, discipline is relative to Arts & Sciences – Sciences, highest level of education is relative to High School Diploma, and all Likert responses are relative to Strongly Agree. The model correctly classified 61.2% of cases. X2(21) = 74.257, p < .001. CI certainty interval, SE standard error. N = 779. R2 (Nagelkerke) = .121