Extent of knowledge and attitudes on plagiarism among undergraduate medical students in South India - a multicentre, cross-sectional study to determine the need for incorporating research ethics in medical undergraduate curriculum

Table 2 Predictors of poor knowledge score

Predictor	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Predictor	β	p value	β	Std. β	95% CI	p value	VIF	EV (CIx)
Younger age	-0.017	0.234	Not included in analysis
Male Gender	0.127	0.033	0.115	-0.032	-0.002, 0.231	0.054	1.001	0.390 (2.955)
Earlier years in education	0.107	< 0.001	0.110	0.076	0.063, 0.156	< 0.001	1.000	0.162 (4.586)
No Previous Publications	-0.146	0.473	Not included in analysis
Not Currently involved in research	0.018	0.903	Not included in analysis
Education in Govt Medical College	0.347	< 0.001	0.348	0.097	0.233, 0.463	< 0.001	1.002	0.045 (8.673)

CI = Confidence Interval; VIF = Variance inflation factor; EV = Eigen Value; CIx = Condition Index. R = 0.127; R² = 0.016; adjusted R² = 0.015

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