NCBI ROFL: Following instructions on a final examination: an informal look.

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Following instructions on a final examination: an informal look.

“Of a total of 914 undergraduate college students over 5 years 600 (about 66%) were in full compliance with a simple instruction for how to enter their names on their final examination papers; approximately 33% were not. The compliance rate over the years declined from 73% to 59%.”

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