Keywords
academic fraud
university
college or univeristy student
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Abstract
The frequency of academic dishonesty is often highlighted by the percentage of students who admit one or more associated behaviors in surveys. However, it is conditioned on five issues that deserve further analysis and which are discussed in this work: (a) the questions included in a questionnaire, (b) the procedure for calculating the frequency of academic dishonesty behaviors, (c) the questions‘ timeframe, (d) the sample selection, and (e) the instrument‘s administration. We reviewed 38 reports of surveys conducted in 23 countries, published between 1970 and 2020, addressing these issues. Despite using percentages for indexing the frequency of university academic dishonesty behaviors, a closer look to these issues is critical.
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