Table 4 Subject comparison of the September to March and April to August time periods
From: Contract cheating by STEM students through a file sharing website: a Covid-19 pandemic perspective
Average number of questions per day | Percentual increase of the average from September–March to April–August | Percentual increase of the average of the previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|
Computer Science September 2019–March 2020 | 2244.91 | 48.55 | 14.97 |
Computer Science April 2020–August 2020 | 3334.88 | 138.97 | |
Computer Science September 2018–March 2019 | 1961.74 | −28.86 | |
Computer Science April 2019–August 2019 | 1395.50 | ||
Physics September 2019–March 2020 | 2238.16 | 91.05 | 14.20 |
Physics April 2020–August 2020 | 4276.21 | 199.79 | |
Physics September 2018–March 2019 | 1969.05 | −27.55 | |
Physics April 2019–August 2019 | 1426.38 | ||
Chemistry September 2019–March 2020 | 3229.19 | 116.64 | 20.32 |
Chemistry April 2020–August 2020 | 6995.73 | 245.86 | |
Chemistry September 2018–March 2019 | 2696.47 | −24.98 | |
Chemistry April 2019–August 2019 | 2022.67 | ||
Mechanical Engineering September 2019–March 2020 | 1397.31 | 94.40 | 4.09 |
Mechanical Engineering April 2020–August 2020 | 2716.43 | 181.43 | |
Mechanical Engineering September 2018–March 2019 | 1348.69 | −28.43 | |
Mechanical Engineering April 2019–August 2019 | 965.20 | ||
Electrical Engineering September 2019–March 2020 | 1556.53 | 73.59 | 1.93 |
Electrical Engineering April 2020–August 2020 | 2702.12 | 184.51 | |
Electrical Engineering September 2018–March 2019 | 1534.26 | −38.09 | |
Electrical Engineering April 2019–August 2019 | 949.71 | ||
All Subjects September 2019–March 2020 | 10,666.13 | 87.74 | 12.68 |
All Subjects April 2020–August 2020 | 20,025.38 | 196.25 | |
All Subjects September 2018–March 2019 | 9510.24 | −28.92 | |
All Subjects April 2019–August 2019 | 6759.48 |