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?
(1 point)
Group of answer choices
Novels
Short Stories
Classics
Comic Books
1 answer
Based on the data, the majority of students in the samples prefer novels, as it has the highest count in each sample.