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Table 1 Exam conditions by integrity behaviours

From: The temptation to cheat in online exams: moving beyond the binary discourse of cheating and not cheating

 

Not tempted

(n = 5916)

Tempted

(n = 1379)

Cheated

(n = 216)

Not tempted vs. Tempted vs. Cheated

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Chi-square

p

φ

Exams completed this semester (so far)

      

χ² (8, N = 7511) = 35.70

< 0.001

0.22a

 1

3134

79.6%

704

17.9%

99

2.5%

   

 2

1333

77.5%

347

20.2%

39

2.3%

   

 3

638

75.9%

173

20.6%

30

3.6%

   

 4

479

77.6%

106

17.2%

32

5.2%

   

 5 or more

332

83.6%

49

12.3%

16

4.0%

   

Exam location

      

χ² (4, N = 7511) = 21.10

< 0.001

0.18a

 On-campus

158

80.6%

30

15.3%

8

4.1%

   

 Remote (at home)

5657

78.8%

1329

18.5%

196

2.7%

   

 Remote (somewhere other than home)

101

75.9%

20

15.0%

12

9.0%

   

Exam materials

      

χ² (2, N = 7511) = 70.07

< 0.001

0.10a

 Open book

3248

82.1%

586

14.8%

121

3.1%

   

 Closed book

2668

75.0%

7963

22.3%

95

2.7%

   

Exam duration

      

χ² (6, N = 7511) = 95.78

< 0.001

0.28a

 1 h 40 min

184

65.9%

86

30.8%

9

3.2%

   

 2 h 10 min

4288

78.7%

994

18.2%

167

3.1%

   

 2 h 30 min

585

90.8%

50

7.8%

9

1.4%

   

 More than 2 h 30 min

859

75.4%

249

21.9%

31

2.7%

   

Exam window

      

χ² (4, N = 7511) = 173.77

< 0.001

0.33b

 12 h

396

81.1%

43

8.8%

49

10.0%

   

 24 h

199

82.2%

21

8.7%

22

9.1%

   

 No exam window (i.e. exam had a set time)

5321

78.5%

1315

19.4%

145

2.1%

   
  1. Total Sample (N = 7511). Where cell sizes were small and less than 5, the category was not included in the Chi-Square analysis. Bold = significant p < .05.a Small effect size.b Medium effect size