Ten randomly chosen students at a certain university were asked how many times they smoked marijuana during the preceding week. Their answers were 0, 8, 0, 0, 2, 4, 0, 0, 6, 0. A campus newspaper article appeared, with the headline "Average Student Uses No Pot." Is this a fair assessment of central tendency? Discuss the alternatives.

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Ten Randomly Chosen Students at a Certain University Were Asked