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Report median first-response time, not the average
- For Revenue operations
- You practice Catching mistakes and made-up facts
- Time about 5 minutes
- Level Intermediate
About this exercise
Report first-response times for the week in exactly 3 plain-text lines starting Median:, Within 24 hours: and Slowest:. Median is the middle value after sorting the times (show the sorted list in parentheses). Within 24 hours gives the count out of 7 and the whole-number percent. Do not use the average. Under 60 words.
Common mistakes when you ask AI for this
- Reporting the average. The AI gives 17.9 hours. Try: Add: "Do not report the average."
- Unsorted median. The AI picks the middle of the original order (6 is coincidentally middle but may be wrong). Try: Add: "Sort the times first and show the sorted list."
- Wrong count. The AI counts 24 hours as exceeded. Try: Add: "Within 24 hours counts values of 24 or less."
- Extra text. The AI adds analysis. Try: Add: "Exactly 3 lines, plain text, under 60 words."
What a strong prompt includes
- Lists the labels
- Defines the median
- Bans the average
- Asks for count and percent
- Limits form
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