Find out if a tabloid paper gives a more "easier" read than a broadsheet paper.
Introduction There are many different newspapers; they range from tabloid papers to the broadsheet papers. The tabloids are a lighter read to the more involving descriptive broadsheet papers. Different newspapers are written to suit these preferences. In the tabloid papers the wording used is less profound and therefore more easily understood. Aim To find if a tabloid paper gives a more "easier" read than a broadsheet paper Predictions A broadsheet paper will have more letters on average per word than a tabloid paper. A broadsheet will have longer sentence than a tabloid paper. Objectives .To collect data on number of letter per word in two papers. 2.To present data in a meaningful way. 3.To interpret and analyse results and diagrams. 4.To draw conclusions on analysis, state whether the prediction is correct. Method The data will be collected in a stratified sample of 100 words and sentences. This should give a good overall view to the word length in a section. Similar sections from each newspaper will be counted as to keep it fair. For example sports will be counted from newspapers, so will entertainment and business. This is to give an overall view of the newspapers and so not just one area is studied. From each section the same number of words will be used to keep the investigation fair, thus it is a fair test. The papers will both be from the same day in
Compare "Jones the Grocer" by Herbert Williams and "Not To Be Used For Babies" by Harry Webb.
Adam Hampson 11S "Jones the Grocer" by Herbert Williams and "Not To Be Used For Babies" by Harry Webb The two poems, "Jones the Grocer" by Herbert Williams and "Not To Be Used For Babies" by Harry Webb, are both poems by Welsh writers and are both about Welsh tradesmen. They are both poems that are written in first person narrative. They describe two contrasting local tradesmen from the viewpoint of the narrator, and both poems share a sense of nostalgia for the way of life that has past, showing preference to old ways rather than the new. This essay will explore these poems in detail and identify similarities and differences between the two pieces of writing. "Jones the Grocer" begins with a sense of distaste, and moves to a celebration of the mystery of the shop before moving on the despair felt about modern life. During the first stanza of "Jones the Grocer" we learn about Jones' character. "His hands white and soft as lard he stacked" A simile is used in this line to describe a negative point about Jones. We are told how lard is a suitable match to the texture of his hands. The "s" in the words "soft" and "stacked" are sneered to show a sense of distaste. This shows a sense of hate towards Jones. This line can also be seen to show that Jones is weak and dull in the words "white and soft as the lard he stacked". This immediately tells us about Jones' character.
Investigation to find if a tabloid paper gives a more
Introduction There are many different newspapers; they range from tabloid papers to the broadsheet papers. The tabloids are a lighter read to the more involving descriptive broadsheet papers. Different newspapers are written to suit these preferences. In the tabloid papers the wording used is less profound and therefore more easily understood. Aim To find if a tabloid paper gives a more "easier" read than a broadsheet paper Predictions A broadsheet paper will have more letters on average per word than a tabloid paper. Objectives 1.To collect data on number of letter per word in two papers. 2.To present data in a meaningful way 3.To interpret and analyze results and diagrams 4.To draw conclusions on analysis, state whether the prediction is correct. Method The data will be collected in-groups as this saves time. Every fourth word in a report will have the numbers of letters counted in it. This should give a good overall view to the word length in a section. Similar sections from each newspaper will be counted as to keep it fair. For example sports will be counted from newspapers, so will economics and politics. This is to give an overall view of the newspapers and so not just one area is studied. From each section the same number of words will be used to keep the investigation fair. Evaluation and results Report = Politics/Front Page The Times:
psycology- short term memory
Psychology assignment On short term memory The Memory Game This investigation was carried out on my own and a ten year olds Short Term Memory. Ten flash cards were selected from a flash card pack, hence it was a non acoustic, non semantic, non phonetic test. The first test carried out after a quick glance at the words, later both individuals looked at the cards for a minute covered them and wrote down what could be remembered. Soon after that we had a five minute rest, and tried to remember the words again. The objective of this assignment is to see whose memory functions better and to see which method has succeeded in getting the short term memory into long term memory. This investigation is based on Baddeley (1966), within his study, he tested the STM, participants were asked to recall the words immediately. Long Term Memory participants were asked to recall the words after a timed delay. Method: A child between the age of 6 and 12 was selected, in this case a 10 year old boy, M was selected. Ten random word cards were selected from a flash card pack. Individuals saw the cards at a quick glance, the card were then covered, and then they wrote down all the words they could remember. The process was repeated but this time, individuals could observe the cards for one minute, using a stop watch. Again, the cards were covered then individuals wrote all the words that could
The aim of this coursework is to compare the word and sentence length of an adults and a child's book. The results should reflect a higher level of difficulty in the adult's book.
The Normal Distribution Design The aim of this coursework is to compare the word and sentence length of an adults and a child's book. The results should reflect a higher level of difficulty in the adult's book. The strategies that I will be using are simple. I am going to take a sample of word and sentence lengths from both books. I will be taking two sets of both these measures for each book. To make it a fair and reliable the samples will be random. The main objective of the coursework is to demonstrate the difficulty of an adult's book compared to a child's book. If the word and sentence length of the adult's book is longer by a reasonable amount I will judge that the adults is more difficult. The population that I will be using is two fiction books chosen from a library. One book was selected from the adult's section and one from the child's. The adult's book is called 'The Regeneration Trilogy' by 'Pat Barker'. The child's book is called 'The Borrowers Afloat' by 'Mary Norton'. To obtain our sample we decided to do each measure separately. We firstly took the word length from the child's book followed by the word length of the adults. First of all we randomly selected a page in the child's book using the 'Random Number Generator' on a calculator. Once we had our page we randomly selected a line on the page using the same method. We now had our starting
Gary's Car Sales.
Gary's Car Sales My task for this coursework is to statistically analyse the data given to me regarding Gary's used car sales. I shall begin with looking at the data. The following data was given to me. No. Price Price when New Age Make Mileage Engine Size £6,970 £11,600 3 Ford 24,000 .6 2 £3,350 £7,100 7 Peugeot 85,000 .1 3 £3,995 £13,800 6 Ford 52,000 2.0 4 £5,300 £16,300 6 Vauxhall 70,000 2.0 5 £6,500 £8,700 3 Fiat 24,000 .2 6 £1,500 £8,700 9 Vauxhall 82,000 .6 7 £995 £8,500 9 Ford 02,000 .8 8 £3,000 £10,400 7 Vauxhall 63,000 .7 9 £7,495 £9,770 Vauxhall 8,000 .4 0 £850 £7,540 0 Ford 24,000 .6 1 £5,595 £11,000 4 Ford 41,000 .6 2 £4,995 £9,880 3 Ford 34,000 .4 3 £5,595 £14,000 4 Ford 55,000 .6 4 £4,995 £11,500 4 Rover 40,000 .4 5 £2,600 £12,000 7 Rover 82,000 .6 6 £1,000 £6,200 0 Peugeot 19,000 .1 7 £750 £5,100 1 Peugeot 96,000 .0 8 £1,350 £9,140 8 Ford 08,000 .6 9 £2,950 £17,750 8 Ford 96,000 2.9 20 £3,250 £9,990 7 Vauxhall 86,000 .6 21 £5,650 £11,150 3 Vauxhall 34,000 .6 22 £4,600 £7,300 2 Rover 7,000 .1 23 £5,400 £7,300 Rover 1,000 .1 24 £4,800 £7,300 Rover 26,000 .1 25 £2,700 £13,000 5 Fiat 51,000 2.0 26 £11,000 £13,800 Peugeot 9,000 .8
Factors affecting price of Used Car
Introduction I have been given a coursework with secondary data that contains different types of car makes, each with different models. The data has all the mandatory information of a car. These are; colour, age, mileage, engine size, both price when new and price when used. My objective is to find out which of the factor/s mentioned above has/have the most effect on the price of a used car. Hypothesis A car is considered to be used when it has been travelled with. Travelling consumes time and consequently increases the mileage of a car. I therefore predict that the older a car gets, the more distance it covers and hence undoubtedly the less it will cost in the market. Method of Enquiry I am going to carry out an investigation applying all my mathematical and general knowledge to analyze and find out the factor/s affecting the price of a second hand car. Since the data I have is of two types i.e. Qualitative data (involves names and words e.g. black, blue, yes and no) and Quantitative data (involves numbers and figures), this makes it very complex to work on. I will refine my data so that I will work on only the major factors, which affect most and then later on I will break them further into small bits so that I will remain with a maximum of two factors. The reason for doing this is because some of the information contained in the data is hardly of any use to help me
Compare two different newspapers in two different manners.
GCSE Mathematics Coursework Specify and Plan The aim of this coursework is to compare two different newspapers in two different manners. The first option in which I will be comparing them is to see how many words are in a sentence, and then cover parts of each newspaper with this scheme. First I shall pick two newspapers, one shall be a broadsheet and one shall be a tabloid. Then, I shall pick an article from each newspaper. I would need to have picked the same articles as it would be unfair if I chose different articles. The papers must be bought on the same day, with the same date on each paper. I will then find the articles I require, and then do the tasks that I have been set. The information from the same articles on each paper and should be counted equally, and accurate as possible. Hypothesis: My prediction of this project is that the tabloid paper (The Sun) shall revile that it has less words per sentence than the broadsheet (The Daily Mail) on average. I came to this prediction because in my opinion, lower class, less knowledgeable people read tabloid papers. This way, the newspaper producers will use fewer words, and this will appeal to their most basic instincts. On the other hand, more professional people read broadsheets as they prefer to read the articles written by the newspaper. The two papers I shall be using to do my project are: The Sun
An investigation into the relationship between height and weight at Mayfield High school
2002-04-18 An investigation into the relationship between height and weight at Mayfield High school Objectives: a) To investigate the relationship between height and weight across the whole of Mayfield school. b) To investigate the relationship between height and weight for boys and girls across the whole of Mayfield school. c) To investigate the relationship between height and weight with age (each year group), for boys and girls. Expectations: For a) I expect that the investigation of height and weight across the whole of Mayfield School will show a general pattern, this pattern being that as a child's height increases so does their weight. However, I also expect that for any given height that I will find a wide variation in weight. For b) I expect that an investigation into the height and weight of boys and girls will be as follows. Boys who get taller will also become heavier. Also I think the girls will follow this general pattern. But of course there will be a few that don't fit this pattern (anomalous data is expected). For c) I expect that height and weight will have a similar relationship for year seven pupils meaning that the heights and weights will be the same. But in years eight and nine the girls will be generally taller and heavier than boys showing us a higher growth rate (change over time) at this stage. But again in year ten and eleven the boys
Maths Coursework Introduction
Introduction Aim: In this experiment, I will be investigating the relation between peoples estimating ability compared to their Midyis score. I am investigating this because I want to see if a person's Midyis score is high, will there estimating ability be higher than others who have a lower Midyis score. I will carry out this investigation by comparing the accuracy of estimating year 8 students. Method: I will be collecting data from a total population of 56 year 8 students. I have chosen to collect data from 56 pupils because it is not too large or to small and it can give me an accurate result to what I am investigating. By using a total population of 56 people I will be able to clearly see the differences and similarities between pupils Midyis scores and their estimating ability. Each pupil will be given 2 strips of paper which will have a line measured 15 cm long where they can draw there estimation. On the first paper they will estimate how far down the line is 8 cm and on the second paper they will estimate how far 14 cm is. Their estimation will be recorded and the difference towards their estimation and the real measurement will be recorded. Their Midyis score and gender will also be recorded to see the comparisons between each and if they effect the overall estimation. Pilot Survey: Before I collect my data I will complete a pilot survey. This pilot survey