A majority of surveyed MSc computer science students had never used ChatGPT for academic purposes¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? 55% of the 430 surveyed MSc computer science students reported never using ChatGPT for academic purposes, despite many being familiar with it. → Singh 2023

Evidence¶

Singh 2023¶

Singh, H.; Tayarani-Najaran, M.-H.; Yaqoob, M. (2023). Exploring Computer Science Students' Perception of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Descriptive and Correlation Study. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 924. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13090924

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Descriptive analysis of a 12-question multiple-choice Canvas questionnaire administered to a cohort of 430 MSc computer science students, reported in the Results section. The survey found "55% of the students have never used the tool for academic purposes", with only around 5% using it very frequently.

"The data suggest that 55% of the students have never used the tool for academic purposes."

Discussion¶

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