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Fig. 2

From: Academic dishonesty among academics in Malaysia: a comparison between healthcare and non-healthcare academics

Fig. 2

The adverse implications caused by academic dishonesty among academics. a The perceived severity of an adverse effect affecting the university as a result of academic dishonesty, as rated by respondents (n = 141). This was scored from 0 to 3 where, 0 = Does not affect at all; 1 = Mildly affect; 2 = Moderately affect; 3 = Severely affect. Bars represent the average score ± standard deviation of each effect. The effects were ranked from the most likely (highest score) to the least likely (lowest score). Different lowercase letters above the error bars indicate statistically significant differences (*p < 0.05; Least Statistical Difference (LSD) post hoc test). b The average score of each perceived effect ± standard deviation from healthcare academics was compared to non-healthcare academics. Asterisks (*) indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05, independent t-test)

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