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Table 2 Reasons students gave for preferring to take an online exam

From: Tertiary student attitudes to invigilated, online summative examinations

Reason for opting in

Strongly agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

% Agree

Less travel time and less expense

74

44

4

3

94.4

No chance of late arrival at exam

75

41

5

4

92.8

Less time off work

63

40

15

7

82.4

More comfortable in a familiar space

65

38

17

5

82.4

Make me less anxious

55

40

24

6

76

Will suffer less exam anxiety

50

40

28

7

72

Less need for childcare

34

48

16

27

65.6

Keyboard and mouse more comfortable than handwriting

19

44

38

24

50.4

Keyboard and mouse quicker than handwriting

16

37

44

28

42.4

Performance will be better

12

37

59

17

39.2

Less chance of a poorly heated, cooled or lit working space

16

31

51

27

37.6

No worry about getting parking

17

20

46

42

29.6

Wanted to try something new

12

19

62

32

24.8

Allow choice of when to sit exam

14

4

57

50

14.4

Greater flexibility about when to sit exam

14

3

54

54

13.6