Open AccessAcademic Dishonesty: Methods and the Influence of Psychological Gender
Author(s) -
Dahlia Fernandez,
Husniyati Mohd Amin,
Musawa Mubarak,
Evi Soraya,
A Ahmed Aman,
Siti Sarah Omar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.b1120.0982s919
Subject(s) - cheating , academic dishonesty , copying , dishonesty , psychology , social psychology , regression analysis , academic integrity , applied psychology , computer science , political science , law , machine learning
The research seeks to investigate students rating of various forms of academic dishonesty and also examined the impact of psychological gender on cheating behavior among undergraduates in a Malaysian university. Primary data were sourced through the distribution of 363 questionnaires. Statistical analysis of the data revealed that the following cheating techniques have widely used them a. Using published materials without reference, copying the assignments, using unfair means for presenting data, getting unauthorized help for assignment completion and presenting others work. On the other hand, regression analysis on the psychological gender revealed that the instrumental traits tend to influence male to engage in academic dishonesty.