I was asked to investigate a hypothesis of my own choice based around the topic of newspapers for my statistical coursework. I am going to investigate two hypotheses where I will compare broadsheets and tabloids with each other.

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Introduction

I was asked to investigate a hypothesis of my own choice based around the topic of newspapers for my statistical coursework. I am going to investigate two hypotheses where I will compare broadsheets and tabloids with each other.

My hypotheses

Hypothesis 1

I think that older people will read more broadsheets and younger people will read more tabloids, or not read at all. I will also have the option of reading them both. To find out this data I am going to carry out a survey by asking a variety of people some questions based on this hypothesis. To set out the results from the information I have gathered I will display the data in a pie chart format.

Hypothesis 2

I think that broadsheets will have more words in each sentence than tabloids will. To find this information out I am going to look at stories that are the same in the tabloids and in the broadsheets. This will be the David Beckham story. I am also going to look at another two stories in a tabloid and another 2 in a broadsheet or how ever many stories it takes to get