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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I noticed the 20 percent. I thought it was interesting. I rarely page back when I read fiction, but I will occasionally go back when reading non fiction. Maybe it's people paging back when they put the book down over night and want to refresh their memory on what's happening?
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Sometimes I need to reread a previous sentence or even paragraph. If this happens across a page end, I need to go back a page. I also sometimes need to go back to a figure. This is more likely with non-fiction, but can happen with fiction. I am sure most readers experience this, but I have always assumed that it happens more for me, because I think it is related to me needing to have reference information visible after I look it up and most of the people that I have worked with close the new window immediately after referring to it.
Unless a lot of people only read 5 pages at a sitting, I don't think paging back at the start of a read is responsible for a significant part of the 20% figure. In any case, I doubt whether any volunteer or paid test subjects are sleeping over at the Lab126 reading room.