The statistic above presents preferences regarding book types used in academic work by U.S. students and academic staff, broken down by their university status. Over a half of the surveyed undergraduate students stated they preferred print books to e-books while doing their academic work.
When doing your academic work, do you generally prefer print books or e-books?
University of California students and academical staff only
Supplementary notes
The survey was conducted at the University of Califonia only and for this reason its results may not be representative.
Undergraduate students: n = 273 Graduate students: n = 532 Postdoc scholars / researchers: n = 159 Faculty / lecturer: n = 260
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