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Academic Dishonesty In America

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“Pshh, let me see number four,” is probably something we have all heard or seen someone do during a test. Did you know that 85 percent of adolescents participate in academic dishonesty before graduating high school? As I jotted down ideas, I came up with the concept of cheating because I see many people in my surrounds doing it. The categorical and numerical questions I came up with in my study are, “What subject would you cheat on, if you were in need for a good grade? If you were given 10 problems, how many problems would you cheat on?” In my hypothesis, I theorized that math would be the subject most cheated on because many students on campus have a difficulty in the subject. I also made an assumption, that students would cheat 7-8 times if they were given a ten problem test, due to my experience with seeing students not getting caught. …show more content…

Boyce’s French 1, Mr. Petersen’s ceramic class, Mrs. Agnew’s US history, Ms. Johnson’s upper bound, Mrs. Krocker’s algebra 1, and Mrs. Alvarez’s Avid 10. After a day of waiting for the results, I tallied the categorical and numerical data onto a piece of paper, then gathered a total of 154 surveys. I collected 36 surveys from freshmen, 45 from sophomores, 34 from juniors, and 39 from seniors. To calculate the mean, I got the midpoints from the grouped data and multiplied it to the frequency, then divided it by the sum of the frequency. The mean is 5.9, the median is 5-6, the mode is 9-10 problems, and lastly the range is 10. I also calculated the standard deviation by using the chart used on the 8-3 notes and and created an empirical rule normal graph to find the percentages for the first and second

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