GCSE Mathematics: Data Coursework
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Aim
My aim is to write a hypothesis comparing the length of words in newspapers and magazines. I also have to design and carry out an investigation to test my hypotheses. I will use articles about a similar topic and compare both newspaper and magazine to this topic to see which has the longest word. I will record my results on a number of graphs such as bar graphs, tally charts, cumulative curves and box and whisker diagrams.
Investigating further
I will look at which has longer words in sentences, newspaper or magazine?
My hypothesis
I predict that the newspaper will have longer words that the magazine.
Extension hypothesis
I predict that the newspaper will have more words in sentences than the magazine.
Practical problems that may occur are that I cannot find a similar article in the magazine b using a particular topic such as football; I can use an article from a newspaper about football and use a magazine about football.
The newspaper I have used is the Daily Mirror and the magazine I have used is the Members Review One United. The articles are concerning football and the topic is Manchester United.
Collecting Results
I collected my results using random sampling. I used the calculator to give me a random number in the first 100 words and I took that number down. I did this for both the newspaper and magazine to make it less biased towards one.
Read All About It
Aim
My aim is to write a hypothesis comparing the length of words in newspapers and magazines. I also have to design and carry out an investigation to test my hypotheses. I will use articles about a similar topic and compare both newspaper and magazine to this topic to see which has the longest word. I will record my results on a number of graphs such as bar graphs, tally charts, cumulative curves and box and whisker diagrams.
Investigating further
I will look at which has longer words in sentences, newspaper or magazine?
My hypothesis
I predict that the newspaper will have longer words that the magazine.
Extension hypothesis
I predict that the newspaper will have more words in sentences than the magazine.
Practical problems that may occur are that I cannot find a similar article in the magazine b using a particular topic such as football; I can use an article from a newspaper about football and use a magazine about football.
The newspaper I have used is the Daily Mirror and the magazine I have used is the Members Review One United. The articles are concerning football and the topic is Manchester United.
Collecting Results
I collected my results using random sampling. I used the calculator to give me a random number in the first 100 words and I took that number down. I did this for both the newspaper and magazine to make it less biased towards one.
