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#	Answer	Category	TUH	# Correct	% Correct	Average Correct Celerity	Std. Dev Celerity	Average Correct Score
1	Blanche DuBois	Drama	14	8	57.1%	.147	.253	11.50
2	Mark Twain	Nonfiction	14	13	92.9%	.289	.244	13.23
3	Abraham Lincoln	Poetry	14	11	78.6%	.295	.191	13.36
4	Young Goodman Brown	Short Stories	14	1	7.1%	.231	.089	13.00
5	A Raisin in the Sun	Drama	14	9	64.3%	.120	.199	11.33
6	Cormac McCarthy	Novels	14	4	28.6%	.189	.112	12.00
7	(Francis) Bret Harte	Short Stories	14	2	14.3%	.000	.084	10.00
8	Truman (Garcia) Capote	Nonfiction	14	11	78.6%	.172	.173	11.82
9	The Sun Also Rises	Novels	14	9	64.3%	.150	.167	11.67
10	O. Henry	Short Stories	14	13	92.9%	.294	.163	13.31
11	Judy Blume	-	14	11	78.6%	.189	.158	12.00
12	New Orleans	Novels	14	12	85.7%	.034	.112	10.25
13	The Lottery	Short Stories	14	10	71.4%	.212	.189	12.40
14	J. D. Salinger	Short Stories	14	6	42.9%	.070	.116	10.67
15	Octavia (Estelle) Butler	Genre	14	4	28.6%	.150	.241	11.75
16	Sylvia Plath	Poetry	14	10	71.4%	.083	.091	10.70
17	Amy Tan	Novels	14	5	35.7%	.180	.143	12.00
18	Danielle Steel	Genre	14	2	14.3%	.388	.231	15.00
19	Letter from Birmingham Jail	Nonfiction	14	4	28.6%	.021	.026	10.00
20	The Sound and the Fury	Novels	14	5	35.7%	.156	.147	11.80
21	Usher	Short Stories	14	10	71.4%	.048	.071	10.40
22	(the) Stage Manager	Drama	14	5	35.7%	.052	.117	10.60
23	Carl (August) Sandburg	Poetry	14	10	71.4%	.331	.238	14.00
24	houses	Novels	14	10	71.4%	.051	.140	10.50
25	mountains	-	14	8	57.1%	.036	.067	10.38
26	Edward Albee	Drama	14	7	50.0%	.084	.248	10.57
27	Williams	Poetry	14	7	50.0%	.133	.114	11.57
28	Owl Creek Bridge	Short Stories	14	5	35.7%	.269	.164	13.00
29	August Wilson	Drama	14	6	42.9%	.174	.291	12.00
30	Rabbit Angstrom	Novels	14	4	28.6%	.356	.256	14.25
31	Hatchet	-	14	11	78.6%	.282	.225	13.45
32	Stephen (Edwin) King	Genre	14	12	85.7%	.083	.145	10.92
33	Henry David Thoreau	Nonfiction	14	12	85.7%	.255	.267	12.92
34	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	Novels	14	6	42.9%	.169	.146	12.00
35	mouse	-	14	12	85.7%	.231	.226	12.58
36	Dune	Genre	14	7	50.0%	.191	.162	12.14
37	Ralph (Waldo) Ellison	Novels	14	10	71.4%	.051	.092	10.40
38	Helen (Adams) Keller	Drama	14	13	92.9%	.203	.154	12.31
39	horses	-	14	8	57.1%	.169	.191	12.00
40	John	Novels	14	3	21.4%	.137	.125	11.33
41	(John) Michael Crichton	Genre	14	8	57.1%	.102	.114	11.00
42	Emily (Elizabeth) Dickinson	Poetry	14	11	78.6%	.244	.233	12.73
43	The Feminine Mystique	Nonfiction	14	3	21.4%	.000	.011	10.00
44	Toni Morrison	Novels	14	9	64.3%	.159	.211	11.78
45	Maya Angelou	Poetry	14	10	71.4%	.234	.193	12.70
46	Florida	-	14	11	78.6%	.049	.111	10.45
47	Carson McCullers	Novels	14	4	28.6%	.004	.113	10.00
48	The New Colossus	Poetry	14	8	57.1%	.147	.126	11.62
49	Herman Melville	-	14	12	85.7%	.152	.155	11.67
50	Edith Wharton	Novels	14	9	64.3%	.184	.173	12.00

Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.