Thread: Poll: 1 in 4 U.S. adults didn't read a book in 2007
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Old 01-24-2008, 10:04 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by snookums View Post
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...ts-AP-Poll.php

Some quick stats:

1 in 4 U.S. adults didn't read a book last year
The average person read 4 books
Of the 3 out of 4 who did read the average was 7 books
Men tend to prefer non-fiction
Based on empirical evidence here, only 1 in 16 MobileRead.com readers can perform basic arithmetic.

If the average person read 4 books, then we would expect that 4 people read a total of 16 books.

But, if the 3 of 4 who did read a book read an average of 7 books, then we would expect they read a total of 21 books.

This does not add up.

I'm shocked, outraged, and saddened that the illiterate readers of MobileRead.com didn't pick this up before now.

Andy
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