Purpose

This paper presents the complete findings from the Academic Reading Format International Study (ARFIS), the world's largest study of tertiary students' format preferences and behaviors. The analysis of ARFIS proceeded in two stages. This paper reveals results from the second stage for the first time and compares them with the earlier results. The authors then present and discuss the results from the combined datasets of 21,266 students in 33 countries.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 44 members in the ARFIS research team distributed an online survey composed of 22 Likert-style, multiple choice and open-ended questions to tertiary students on their format preferences and behaviors. Inferential statistical analysis was used on participant responses, and descriptive statistics analysis was used on the combined amalgamated dataset.

Findings

Majorities of students in all countries consistently show preference for reading their academic texts in print. However, variations of preferences do occur between countries. Overall, the language of a reading does not affect reading format preferences, but national scores on this question are greatly diverse.

Originality/value

ARFIS is the largest study of its kind created through a collaboration of researchers in countries on six continents, collecting data in more than 20 languages. The sample size, rigorous statistical analysis and consistency of results strengthen the reliability of the findings. Analysis of the first dataset has received widespread recognition, but this paper is the first to publish the second dataset and the complete amalgamated results.

中文翻译：

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The Academic Reading Format International Study (ARFIS)：对 33 个国家的 21,265 名学生进行比较调查分析的最终结果

目的

本文介绍了学术阅读格式国际研究 (ARFIS) 的完整结果，该研究是世界上最大的关于高等教育学生格式偏好和行为的研究。ARFIS 的分析分两个阶段进行。本文首次揭示了第二阶段的结果，并将其与早期的结果进行了比较。然后，作者展示并讨论了来自 33 个国家/地区的 21,266 名学生的组合数据集的结果。

设计/方法/方法

ARFIS 研究团队的 44 名成员向大学生分发了一份由 22 个李克特式、多项选择和开放式问题组成的在线调查，调查他们的格式偏好和行为。对参与者的反应使用推论统计分析，对组合的合并数据集使用描述性统计分析。

发现

所有国家/地区的大多数学生始终表现出偏好阅读印刷版学术文章。然而，偏好的差异确实发生在国家之间。总体而言，阅读的语言不影响阅读格式偏好，但在这个问题上的国家分数差异很大。

原创性/价值

ARFIS 是同类研究中规模最大的一项，由六大洲各国的研究人员合作创建，以 20 多种语言收集数据。样本量、严格的统计分析和结果的一致性增强了调查结果的可靠性。第一个数据集的分析得到了广泛的认可，但本文是第一个发布第二个数据集和完整合并结果的论文。