Osang, Anastecia William; Anagbogu, German Efa and Ekarika, Catherine Boniface
PATH MODELLING OF INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES ON EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE TENDENCY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
This study modelled the relationship between institutional variables and examination malpractice tendencies among undergraduates in universities in Cross River State, employing a correlational research design. The population of this study comprises 5,832 students from the Faculties of Education of two public universities in Cross River State, Nigeria, out of which a sample of 1,167 students was selected for the study. The instrument used in the study was a questionnaire titled “Students’ Opinion Questionnaire’’(SOQ). The face and content validity of the instrument were determined. Ordinal Alpha reliability method, which gave reliability coefficients that ranged from 76 to .84 was used. The data collected were analysed using population t-tests, Multiple linear regression, Repeated Regression analysis, Path Analysis, and Stepwise Regression analysis, all tested at the 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that the tendency for examination malpractice among undergraduates in universities in Cross River State is significantly high. The results further revealed that, after trimming the first hypothesised model based on the significance and meaningfulness of the paths, seven out of the ten hypothesised paths were retained. Based on the data collected and analysed, it was concluded that the extent of examination malpractice tendency among undergraduates in universities in Cross River State is significantly high. It was recommended, among other things, that universities should put in place modalities for strict examination supervision to stem the vice of cheating among students.
Osang, Anastecia William; Anagbogu, German Efa and Ekarika, Catherine Boniface
PATH MODELLING OF INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES ON EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE TENDENCY AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA
This study modelled the relationship between institutional variables and examination malpractice tendencies among undergraduates in universities in Cross River State, employing a correlational research design. The population of this study comprises 5,832 students from the Faculties of Education of two public universities in Cross River State, Nigeria, out of which a sample of 1,167 students was selected for the study. The instrument used in the study was a questionnaire titled “Students’ Opinion Questionnaire’’(SOQ). The face and content validity of the instrument were determined. Ordinal Alpha reliability method, which gave reliability coefficients that ranged from 76 to .84 was used. The data collected were analysed using population t-tests, Multiple linear regression, Repeated Regression analysis, Path Analysis, and Stepwise Regression analysis, all tested at the 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that the tendency for examination malpractice among undergraduates in universities in Cross River State is significantly high. The results further revealed that, after trimming the first hypothesised model based on the significance and meaningfulness of the paths, seven out of the ten hypothesised paths were retained. Based on the data collected and analysed, it was concluded that the extent of examination malpractice tendency among undergraduates in universities in Cross River State is significantly high. It was recommended, among other things, that universities should put in place modalities for strict examination supervision to stem the vice of cheating among students.