Newspaper Comparisons
Aims
I am going to investigate the readability of two newspapers. Readability is how easy something is to read.
Plan
For this investigation I will collect two types of data, one grouped and one ungrouped. The grouped data I will collect will be "Words per Sentence". I will be collecting this because I think that if a sentence has lots of words in it, it will be harder to read than a sentence which only has a few words per sentence, and this means it would be able to show the difference in readability between my newspapers. The ungrouped data I will collect will be "Letters per Word". I think this data will represent the readability because of the fact that a larger word would be harder to read than a word which is only a few words.
The two newspapers I will be collecting my data from will be two newspapers that I think are written for different readers with different readabilities. I will collect the data from a broadsheet newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, and a tabloid newspaper, The Daily Mail. The difference between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers is that broadsheets are aimed at more sophisticated readers while tabloids are written to less sophisticated readers. Before collecting all the data for my investigation I will carry out a Pre-test just to make sure there is a difference in the newspapers I have chosen and that I wont be doing this investigation for no reason at all.
Aims
I am going to investigate the readability of two newspapers. Readability is how easy something is to read.
Plan
For this investigation I will collect two types of data, one grouped and one ungrouped. The grouped data I will collect will be "Words per Sentence". I will be collecting this because I think that if a sentence has lots of words in it, it will be harder to read than a sentence which only has a few words per sentence, and this means it would be able to show the difference in readability between my newspapers. The ungrouped data I will collect will be "Letters per Word". I think this data will represent the readability because of the fact that a larger word would be harder to read than a word which is only a few words.
The two newspapers I will be collecting my data from will be two newspapers that I think are written for different readers with different readabilities. I will collect the data from a broadsheet newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, and a tabloid newspaper, The Daily Mail. The difference between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers is that broadsheets are aimed at more sophisticated readers while tabloids are written to less sophisticated readers. Before collecting all the data for my investigation I will carry out a Pre-test just to make sure there is a difference in the newspapers I have chosen and that I wont be doing this investigation for no reason at all.
