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Maths Statistics Coursework
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GCSE Coursework
Maths Statistics
14/2/05
Table of Contents
1) Introduction 2
2) Hypothesis 2
3) Method 2
4) Results 4
a) First article 4
b) Second article 7
c) Third article 10
d) Fourth article 13
e) Summary 16
5) Conclusion 19
1)
Introduction
For this assignment I was asked to compare the readability of articles from two newspapers: a tabloid; and a broadsheet.
I selected four pairs of articles and each pair had to cover the same story.
I selected the Observer and the Sunday Express as my two newspapers.
2) Hypothesis
I predicted that the tabloid articles would be easier to read than those in the broadsheet as I believed they would contain shorter words which more people would understand
3) Method
To evaluate the readability I compared words from four articles from each newspaper. I selected four articles from the broadsheet then found an article in the tabloid for each that covered the same story.
From each article I selected thirty words using the following method:
I studied the articles I had
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