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

1 answer

Novels are preferred by the majority of students in the samples, as they have the highest number of responses in all four samples.