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The following graphs depict the reliability of print and non-print academic materials as voiced by undergraduates and postgraduates at 3 different British universities. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Model Answer

The two charts compare the views of undergraduate and postgraduate students from 3 different British schools on the reliability of print and non-print academic resources. In all the three given universities, students feel printed materials to be more reliable than the non-print materials.

75% of undergraduate students at Cambridge and 80% of undergraduate students at both Oxford and Leeds rate printed material ‘reliable’. However, postgraduates support printed materials in strengths of 92% at Oxford, 87% at Cambridge and 96% at Leeds. Thus, more postgraduates than undergraduates rate printed material reliable at these 3 schools.

However, this trend is reversed for non-print academic sources. Only 59% at Oxford, 63% at Cambridge and 61% at Leeds support non-printed materials among the under graduates. The proportion of postgraduates who feel positive about non-printed academic items are 50%, 54% and 47% respectively, for the same 3 schools.

The charts depict that postgraduates find printed material more dependable and under- graduates find non-printed material more reliable.