Hypothesis
I predict that a broadsheet newspaper would have more words, longer words and longer sentences then a tabloid because the people that generally read a tabloid newspaper use more complex and words than that of somebody who would read a tabloid newspaper. I also think that the word length in a local newspaper would have a word length that is approximately in the middle of the broadsheet and tabloid newspapers word length. I think that the magazine will have a word length that is around the same as the tabloid newspaper because the same kind of people that read the tabloid newspaper will read the magazine.
Introduction
I am going to prove that my hypothesis is correct or incorrect by analysing data from different newspapers and magazines. I will do this by counting the amount of letters in 100 words from each different newspaper and magazine. I will record this in a tally chart to begin with because it makes it easier to read my data and to do calculations it also shows numerical differences. From the data in the tally chart I will calculate the mean, median, mode and range of the data from each magazine and newspaper. I am going to calculate the mean, median, mode and range so that I can see differences in the overall word length for each magazine and newspaper. After that I am going to put my data into a cumulative frequency graph because they show the spread of numbers visually and allow me to calculate the lower quartile, inter quartile range, median and upper quartile. Cumulative frequency graphs are also a good way to compare my data. After I have done the cumulative frequency graphs for all 4 newspapers and magazines I will display the lower quartile, median and upper quartile in a box plot whisker diagram underneath the cumulative frequency graph, I will do this because it shows an accurate visual representative of how the differences in the lower quartile, median and upper quartile between other cumulative frequency graphs when compared.
I predict that a broadsheet newspaper would have more words, longer words and longer sentences then a tabloid because the people that generally read a tabloid newspaper use more complex and words than that of somebody who would read a tabloid newspaper. I also think that the word length in a local newspaper would have a word length that is approximately in the middle of the broadsheet and tabloid newspapers word length. I think that the magazine will have a word length that is around the same as the tabloid newspaper because the same kind of people that read the tabloid newspaper will read the magazine.
Introduction
I am going to prove that my hypothesis is correct or incorrect by analysing data from different newspapers and magazines. I will do this by counting the amount of letters in 100 words from each different newspaper and magazine. I will record this in a tally chart to begin with because it makes it easier to read my data and to do calculations it also shows numerical differences. From the data in the tally chart I will calculate the mean, median, mode and range of the data from each magazine and newspaper. I am going to calculate the mean, median, mode and range so that I can see differences in the overall word length for each magazine and newspaper. After that I am going to put my data into a cumulative frequency graph because they show the spread of numbers visually and allow me to calculate the lower quartile, inter quartile range, median and upper quartile. Cumulative frequency graphs are also a good way to compare my data. After I have done the cumulative frequency graphs for all 4 newspapers and magazines I will display the lower quartile, median and upper quartile in a box plot whisker diagram underneath the cumulative frequency graph, I will do this because it shows an accurate visual representative of how the differences in the lower quartile, median and upper quartile between other cumulative frequency graphs when compared.
