Question

The following table shows the data collected from four random samples of 50 students from a small middle school regarding their reading preferences:

Book Preferences
Sample # Novels Short Stories Classics Comic Books Total
1 26 19 1 4 50
2 30 10 3 7 50
3 33 15 1 1 50
4 22 18 2 8 50

Based on the results in the table, what type of reading is preferred by the majority of students in the samples?
Novels

Short Stories

Classics

Comic Books

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Based on the data in the table, it can be observed that the majority of students in all four samples showed a preference for Novels. The total number of students who preferred novels across all four samples was 111, compared to 62 who preferred Short Stories, 7 who preferred Classics, and 20 who preferred Comic Books. Therefore, the majority of students in the samples preferred Novels.