As John Maynard Keynes observed more than 70 years ago: "Americans are apt to be unduly interested in what average opinion believes average opinion to be.
She believes average cholesterol levels may be higher than the study found: "Excluded in this analysis are disadvantaged people who don't have health care and among whom obesity is a major problem".
Britons believe the average deposit for a house is £20,000 when it is £72,000.
Good research is impossible in such mayhem, but experts believe the average annual income to be less than $175.
If the Red Sox slugger known as Teddy Ballgame had played in division and league championship series, it's hard to believe his average wouldn't have been much higher.
Still, when his wife, Jennifer, mentioned in January that he batted.230 last season, he could not believe his average was that low.
Despite such skepticism, many medical experts say they do believe that average Cubans can live as long as Americans, and the reason may lie in a combination of what Cuba does well and the United States does poorly, if at all.
After two weeks, write a 1-page reaction paper analyzing the impression you believe the average New York Times reader might have of the African continent based on the paper's coverage of the region.
