From this information shown, the Telegraph has more advertisements in ratio to the Sun
How Many Words in each sentence?
Which of the two newspapers uses longer sentences? I have used an article from each newspaper and written down how many words in each sentence. This has been compared over 10 sentences for each newspaper.
Working out average sentence lengths over a moving 5 point average, we get the following trend line for The Sun
29+35+19+22+29=134/5=27
35+19+22+29+27=132/5=26.4
19+22+29+27+39=136/5=27
22+29+27+39+42=160/5=32
29+27+39+42+12=149/5=30
27+39+42+12+30=150/5=30
39+42+12+30+29=152/5=30
42+12+30+29+35=148/5=30
12+30+29+35+19=125/5=25
30+29+35+19+22=135/5=27
Working out average sentence lengths over a moving 5 point average, we get the following trend line for The Telegraph.
14+30+25+18+31=118/5=24
30+25+18+31+33=137/5=27.4
25+18+31+33+23=130/5=26
18+31+33+23+24=130/5=26
31+33+23+24+20=131/5=26
33+23+24+20+14=114/5=23
23+24+20+14+14=95/5=19
24+20+14+14+30=102/5=20
20+14+14+30+25=103/5=21
14+14+30+25+18=101/5=20
The result of this comparison shows that on an average basis The Sun uses longer sentences than The Telegraph.
Averages of Word length
For this section I have taken an article from each newspaper and compared over 55 words, which newspaper uses the longer words?
The Sun The Telegraph
Mean= 284÷10=28.4 Mean = 232÷10=23.2
Median 12,19,22,27,29 ↑,29,30,35,39,42 Median 14,14,18,20,23 ↑,24,25,30,31,33
10+1=11÷2=5.5th item 10+1=11÷2=5.5th item
Median is 29 Median is 23.5
Mode is 29 Mode is 14
The result of this experiment shows that on average The Sun uses longer words!
Comparison of Word Length over 55 words THE SUN
Averages of word length
Mean = ∑xf÷∑f Mean = 249.5÷55=4.54
Median = 55+1=56÷2=28th item Median = group 1-4
Modal Class is 1-4
Comparison of Word Length over 55 words THE TELEGRAPH
Mean = ∑xf÷∑f Mean = 265.5÷55=4.83
Median = 55+1=56÷2=28th item Median = group 1-4
Modal Class is 1-4
Averages of Word Length Comparison by Interquartile Range (Please see attached cumulative frequency curves)
The Sun
Median = n = 55 = 27.5th item = 3.4
2 2
Lower Quartile n= 55 = 13.75th item =2.25
4 4
Upper Quartile 3(n) =55 41.25th item =6.5
4 4
Interquartile range is therefore 6.5-3.4=3.1
Averages of Word Length Comparison by Interquartile Range (see attached cumulative frequency curves)
The Telegraph
Median = n = 55 = 27.5th item = 3.6
2 2
Lower Quartile n = 55 = 13.75th item =2.2
4 4
Upper Quartile 3(n)= 5 = 41.25th item =6.3
4 4
Interquartile range is therefore 6.3-3.6=2.7
Conclusion
By the following experiments I can confirm that The Sun, uses more words in a sentence, uses longer words, describes articles in more detail but does not have as many advertisements as the Telegraph.