Agricultural Students’ Attitude and Behavior on Plagiarism in Tarbiat Modares University

Authors
Saied Fealy 1
Negin Bighlari 2
Gholamreza Pezeshki Rad 3
1 Faculty Member of Department of Agricultural Management, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University
2 Master of Science in Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University
3 Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University
Abstract
The purpose of this correlational research was to assess students’ attitude and behavior on plagiarism. The research instrument was a structural questionnaire including close-ended questions and its validity was established through a panel of experts. The reliability of questionnaire was determined by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α=.81-89). The target population included all Faculty of Agriculture’s master and doctoral students in Tarbiat Modares University who were enrolled at least two terms (N=559). A sample size of 225 was selected using Krejcie & Morgan’s table and stratified sampling techniques. The descriptive finding of this study indicated that the majority of the students’ attitude and behavior were relatively unfavorable and moderate respectively. Moreover, findings revealed a statistically significant difference between students’ plagiarism behavior of those who participated and those who did not participated in the article writing workshops.

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  • Receive Date 06 March 2023
  • Publish Date 06 March 2023