Newspaper investigation - Find the average length of a word.

Newspaper

Number of photos

Sun

32

Express

45

Mail

31

Times

05

Telegraph

14

News of the world

90

Guardian

44

Metro

66

Mean

32+145+131+105+114+190+44+66=927 divided by 8 =115.875

Medium

44 66 105 114 131 132 145 190=141+131=245 divided by 2=122.5

Mode

There is no mode

The inter Quartile range is 138.5-85.5=53

Newspaper

Pages on sport

Sun

1

Express

3

Mail

3

Times

9

Telegraph

8

News of the world

40

Guardian

6

Metro

8

Mean

6+8+8+9+11+13+13+40=108 divided by 8 =13.5

Medium

6 8 8 9 11 13 13 40 =9+11=20 divided by 2 =10

Mode

8 and 13

The inter Quartile range is 13-8=5

Newspaper

Advert pages

Sun

20

Express

25

Mail

28

Times

22

Telegraph

21

News of the world

23

Guardian

2

Metro

20

Mean

2+20+20+21+22+23+25+25=133 divided by 8 =16.625

Medium

2 20 20 21 22 23 25 25=21+22=43 divided by 2 =21.5

Mode

20 and 25

The inter Quartile range is 25-20=5

Newspaper

Perimeter

Sun

34

Express

30

Mail

58

Times

90

Telegraph

98

News of the world

34

Guardian

200

Metro

32

Mean

30+132+134+134+158+190+198+200=1278 divided by 8 =159.5

Medium

30 132 134 134 158 190 198 200=134

Mode

34

The inter Quartile range is 194-133=61

Newspaper

Price

Sun

20p

Express

20p

Mail

40p

Times

45p

Telegraph

55p

News of the world

50p

Guardian

50p

Metro

20p

Mean

20+20+20+40+45+50+50+55=300 divided by 8 =37.5

Medium

20 20 20 40 45 50 50 55= 40 +45=85 divided by 2 =42.5

Mode

20

The inter Quartile range is 50-20=30

Newspaper

Total pages

Sun

60

Express

72

Mail

80

Times

48

Telegraph

46

News of the world

84

Guardian

34

Metro

40

Mean

34+40+46+48+60+72+80+84= 464 divided by 8=58

Medium

34 40 46 48 60 72 80 84= 48+60=108 divided by 2=54

Mode

There is no mode

The inter Quartile range is 75-43=32

The graph above tells me that the newspaper that has the most pages is the News of the World and the newspaper that has the least pages is the Guardian.

Average length of a word

To do this I shall select a paragraph on the front page of the newspaper and I shall count how many words there are and how many letters there are in each word. I shall do this with 3 different newspapers.

The Daily telegraph

Length of word

Frequency

3

2

0

3

8

4

1

5

7

6

0

7

7

8

3

9

0

0

2

1

2

0

Mean

0+0+1+2+3+3+7+7+8+10+10+11=53 divided by 12=4.42

Medium

0 0 1 2 3 3 7 7 8 10 10 11=7+3=10 divided by 2=5

Mode

3, 7 and 10

The inter Quartile range is 9-1.5=7.5

The mean and medium tell me that the average word length in The Daily Telegraph is about four or five.

Finacal Times

Length of word

Frequency

2

2

2

3

8

4

9

5

6

6

2

7

2

8

9

4

0

3

1

0

2

Mean

0+1+1+2+3+4+6+8+9+12+12+12=70 divided by 12=5.83

Medium

0 1 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 12 12=6+8=14 divided by 2=7

Mode

2

The inter Quartile range is 10.5-2.5=8

The mean and the medium tell me that the adverage word length is between about 6 and 7.

Metro

Length of word

Frequency

5

2

2

3

8

4

8

5

6

6

7

7

6

8

9

4

0

2

1

2

2

Mean

+1+2+2+4+5+6+6+7+8+8+12=62 divided by 8=7.75

Medium

1 2 2 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 12=6+5=11 divided by 2=5.5

Mode

,2,6 and 8

The inter Quartile range is 7.5-2=5.5

The mean and the medium tell me that the adverage word length is between about 6 and 8

Conclusion

I have found out that if you want to buy a newspaper that has lots of pages you should buy the News of the World this is also the paper with the most number of pages on sport. I think that the News of the world is the best value for money. I have also found out that the newspaper, which has the longest adverage letters in a word, is the Metro and the newspaper, which has the shortest adverage letters in a word, is the Daily Telegraph. I have also found out that my prediction was correct there is no link between the price and the number of pages. My other prediction was correct as well there is no link on the price and number of photos and number of pages on sport and number of advert page. My prediction about the average word length wasn't right there was about two to three letters average in a word difference between two of them.

Evaluation

I could have done this project better if used newspapers which were brought out on the same date. Also to make my average word length better I should of chosen a paragraph about the same thing.