Abstract:
Examinations across the world play a vital role in the education system. Unfortunately, the process of examinations is
greatly affected by the act of cheating hence giving a wrong impression on the results. The research on examination
dishonesty among secondary school students is considered to be a sensitive issue, thus direct questioning techniques are
not useful as the respondents will either refuse to answer the survey questions or even if they do, may give false answers
for fear of being known to have been involved in the cheating. In this paper we have tested the validity of Symmetric
truth detection models using examination dishonesty research. This research was done in a national Secondary school in
Kenya. The results were used to validate the Symmetric Truth detection models by comparing the results with the results
of the Asymmetric questioning technique. We have shown that the Symmetric truth detection models are more reliable
when investigating sensitive information compared to Asymmetric truth detection models.