A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination

Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin; Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu; Akindele Oluwafemi

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A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination

Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin, Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu, Akindele Oluwafemi

Published in International Journal on Data Science and Technology (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 6 April 2017 Accepted: 25 April 2017 Published: 26 October 2017

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A scale that will be used to measure undergraduates perception on cheating in an examination was developed by the researchers. Five hundred university of Ibadan undergraduate students were used to standardize this scale. The scale consists of thirty items with high and acceptable psychometric properties. It is suitable for identifying factors that promote examination malpractice and will be useful in developing policies that will minimize or eradicate examination malpractice. It is good in determining the predisposition of undergraduate students/individuals to examination malpractice.

Published in	International Journal on Data Science and Technology (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijdst.20170305.12
Page(s)	52-55
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Examination, Malpractice, Undergraduate Students

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Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin; Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu; Akindele Oluwafemi. A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination. Int. J. Data Sci. Technol. 2017, 3(5), 52-55. doi: 10.11648/j.ijdst.20170305.12

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Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin, Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu, Akindele Oluwafemi. A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination. Int J Data Sci Technol. 2017;3(5):52-55. doi: 10.11648/j.ijdst.20170305.12

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Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin

Department of Psychology, School of Human Resource Development, College of Leadership & Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu

Counselling Centre, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Akindele Oluwafemi

Dept. of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ile Oluji, Ile-Oluji, Nigeria

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Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin, Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu, Akindele Oluwafemi. (2017). A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination. International Journal on Data Science and Technology, 3(5), 52-55. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijdst.20170305.12

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Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin; Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu; Akindele Oluwafemi. A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination. Int. J. Data Sci. Technol. 2017, 3(5), 52-55. doi: 10.11648/j.ijdst.20170305.12

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Muyiwa Adeniyi Sholarin, Idoko Joseph Onyebuchukwu, Akindele Oluwafemi. A Scale Developed to Measure the Perception of Nigerian Undergraduate Students on Cheating in an Examination. Int J Data Sci Technol. 2017;3(5):52-55. doi: 10.11648/j.ijdst.20170305.12

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