Who would students ask for help in academic cheating? Cross-sectional study of medical students in Croatia

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 **Average per-item scores* for unethical requests (mean ± standard deviation) with respect to study years, type of requests, and gender of medical students**

Favours asked	Study year	Men	Women	P -value (gender comparison) ^†
Academic cheating	1st	0.42 ± 0.27	0.35 ± 0.23	0.041
	3rd	0.45 ± 0.24	0.43 ± 0.21^‡	0.574
	6th	0.37 ± 0.21	0.39 ± 0.21	0.548
Personal favours	1st	0.45 ± 0.24	0.37 ± 0.17	0.035
	3rd	0.40 ± 0.26	0.38 ± 0.22	0.751
	6th	0.42 ± 0.16	0.34 ± 0.17	0.002

*Scores were expressed as summative scores on the scales divided by the number of items in each scale, resulting in the possible range from 0 to 1.
^†Student t-test.
^‡Statistically significant difference vs. 1st year (P = 0.012, ANOVA, posthoc).

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