Discussing the misnomer: Exploring multidimensional perception to academic dishonesty in Nigeria. Do school attributes really matter?

Table 4 Independent t-test analysis of student’s perception of academic dishonesty by differences in school location

Measures of dishonesty	Size	N	Mean	SD	έ	MD	df	t-cal	95%CI		p-va
Plagiarism	Urban	5844	10.12	2.02	0.02
Plagiarism	Rural	4793	10.42	2.00	0.02	− 0.29	10,635	−7.51	− 0.37	− 0.21	0.000
Cheating	Urban	5844	8.07	0.32	0.00
Cheating	Rural	4793	8.07	0.34	0.00	− 0.00	10,635	− 0.31	− 0.017	0.017	0.752
Falsification	Urban	5844	15.34	3.23	0.04
Falsification	Rural	4793	15.48	3.04	0.04	− 0.13	10,635	−2.24	− 0.252	− 0.01	0.025
Fabrication	Urban	5844	11.61	3.45	0.04
Fabrication	Rural	4793	11.68	3.43	0.04	− 0.07	10,635	−1.10	− 0.20	0.05	0.270
Impersonation	Urban	5844	8.71	1.09	0.01
Impersonation	Rural	4793	8.60	1.19	0.01	0.11	10,635	4.96	0.06	0.15	0.000

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