Faculty perceptions of student plagiarism and interventions to tackle it: a multiphase mixed-methods study in Qatar

Table 2 Frequency of plagiarized work in phases I and II, and faculty responses to plagiarized work

Faculty responses to surveys		Phase I N (%)	Phase II N (%)	P-value
Overall frequency of plagiarism identified by faculty	None	4 (12.1%)	12 (37.5%)	0.005^a
	>Once/year	14 (42.4%)	9 (28.1%)	0.425
	>Once/month	12 (36.4%)	4 (12.5%)	0.051
Faculty concerned about reporting student plagiarism?	Yes	17 (53.1%)	6 (20.0%)	0.007 ^a
Faculty concerned about reporting student plagiarism?	No	15 (46.9%)	24 (80.0%)
Faculty responses to student plagiarism
● Do nothing		2/29^b (6.9%)	1/24^b (4.2%)	0.999
● Communicate with student		28/29 (96.6%)	22/24 (91.7%)	0.584
● Report to offices within institution		6/29 (20.7%)	5/24 (20.8%)	0.990

^a Significant difference between the two phases at the 5% level
^b Among those who answered this question. Note that faculty members can choose more than one answer

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