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Hypothesis
'Newspaper articles use longer (letters per word) and more complex words, than magazines articles.'
My plan
For this piece of coursework, I intend to use a sample of 100 words from two different articles, but on the same topic. I will be using one newspaper article (Daily Mail), and one magazine article (OK! mag). Each article has a different target audience and presents its data in a different way.
The results that I will be collecting will hopeful prove that my hypothesis is correct. It should hopefully show that newspapers use longer words than magazines do.
Once I have my sample of 100 words, I will put them into a tally results table and then represent my data in a bar and frequency graphs.
I will take my sample of 100 words from the start of the article. However I won't be including the headings, as they are used to catch the readers' eye, and I also won't be including sub-headings either. Yet I will include names, date's and times within the articles.
Results tables
Newspaper
Length of words
Tally
Frequency
3
2
9
3
27
4
8
5
5
6
8
7
8
6
9
0
0
2
1
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
Total
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Magazine
Length of words
Tally
Frequency
5
2
7
3
25
4
4
5
2
6
8
7
2
8
4
9
0
1
0
2
3
0
4
0
5
0
Total
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Median, Mean, Mode and Range
Newspaper
Length of words
Frequency
Length of words x Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
3
3
3
2
9
38
22
3
27
54
49
4
8
72
67
5
5
75
82
6
8
48
90
7
7
91
8
6
48
97
9
0
0
97
0
2
20
99
1
1
00
Total
00
376
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Hypothesis
'Newspaper articles use longer (letters per word) and more complex words, than magazines articles.'
My plan
For this piece of coursework, I intend to use a sample of 100 words from two different articles, but on the same topic. I will be using one newspaper article (Daily Mail), and one magazine article (OK! mag). Each article has a different target audience and presents its data in a different way.
The results that I will be collecting will hopeful prove that my hypothesis is correct. It should hopefully show that newspapers use longer words than magazines do.
Once I have my sample of 100 words, I will put them into a tally results table and then represent my data in a bar and frequency graphs.
I will take my sample of 100 words from the start of the article. However I won't be including the headings, as they are used to catch the readers' eye, and I also won't be including sub-headings either. Yet I will include names, date's and times within the articles.
Results tables
Newspaper
Length of words
Tally
Frequency
3
2
9
3
27
4
8
5
5
6
8
7
8
6
9
0
0
2
1
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
Total
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Magazine
Length of words
Tally
Frequency
5
2
7
3
25
4
4
5
2
6
8
7
2
8
4
9
0
1
0
2
3
0
4
0
5
0
Total
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Median, Mean, Mode and Range
Newspaper
Length of words
Frequency
Length of words x Frequency
Cumulative Frequency
3
3
3
2
9
38
22
3
27
54
49
4
8
72
67
5
5
75
82
6
8
48
90
7
7
91
8
6
48
97
9
0
0
97
0
2
20
99
1
1
00
Total
00
376
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