Academic Dishonesty: An In-Depth Investigation of Assessing Measurable Constructs and a Call for Consistency in Scholarship

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-197

  McKibban, Amie R ^a   Burdsal, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic honesty; Academic misconduct; Academic misconduct survey; Cheating; Dishonesty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880843104     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-013-9187-6     Document Type: Article

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