Table 10 Self-reported engagement in questionable academic practices among upper secondary students (n = 1654)
Questionable practice | Prevalence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
During your high school education have you... | Yes, many times | Yes, a few times | Yes, once | No | Not appli-cable | I prefer not to answer | I don’t know |
… copied shorter passages from other sources into your own text without marking them as quotes | 10.6% | 26.1% | 15.7% | 34.8% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 9.1% |
… added students as co-authors of group assignments even though they did not contribute | 13.3% | 24.9% | 14.1% | 34.8% | 1.7% | 2.7% | 8.4% |
… received help from other students or family members on assignments you were supposed to complete on your own | 17.5% | 41.1% | 13.8% | 17.6% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
… deleted deviating data points based on a gut feeling that they were inaccurate | 4.7% | 18.7% | 16.9% | 41.8% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 13.2% |