Mathematics Coursework
Investigation into how broadsheet newspapers word length differs from tabloids.
What I am going to investigate.
The subject into which I will be investigating will be whether or how the word length differs between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers
I will be taking a sample containing equal number of words from both a tabloid and a broadsheet newspaper.
Fairness and Reliability
To keep my results fair and reliable I will need to do several things
. I will need to clearly define which newspapers I consider to be tabloid and broadsheet to avoid any confusion.
2. I will need to randomly sample newspapers so that I am not just comparing the same two publications
3. I will need to compare similar subject matter's e.g. the same headlines in two different newspapers and the stories that follow them.
4. I will need to select a suitable word sample size that is neither too small to gain any information from or so large that the data involved is difficult to organise and analyse.
5. I will need to take care with the actually recording of the results as I will be dealing with large numbers of words mistakes can be very easy to do so I will need to take the utmost caution.
How will I collect the information (what I am going to do)
These are the newspapers that I consider to be tabloid newspapers:
* The Sun
* The News of The World
* The Mirror
* The Daily Sport
That is the group of tabloid newspapers that I will select at random
Here are the newspapers that I consider to be broadsheet newspapers:
* The Times
* The Telegraph
* The Guardian
* The Observer
Some newspaper might consider themselves a broadsheet newspaper and I have not included them in my group of broadsheet newspaper's but these I consider to lie in between the two although they do tend to lean toward the broadsheet way of telling the story, I feel that the papers I have selected will give me the best results to draw comparisons from.
Investigation into how broadsheet newspapers word length differs from tabloids.
What I am going to investigate.
The subject into which I will be investigating will be whether or how the word length differs between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers
I will be taking a sample containing equal number of words from both a tabloid and a broadsheet newspaper.
Fairness and Reliability
To keep my results fair and reliable I will need to do several things
. I will need to clearly define which newspapers I consider to be tabloid and broadsheet to avoid any confusion.
2. I will need to randomly sample newspapers so that I am not just comparing the same two publications
3. I will need to compare similar subject matter's e.g. the same headlines in two different newspapers and the stories that follow them.
4. I will need to select a suitable word sample size that is neither too small to gain any information from or so large that the data involved is difficult to organise and analyse.
5. I will need to take care with the actually recording of the results as I will be dealing with large numbers of words mistakes can be very easy to do so I will need to take the utmost caution.
How will I collect the information (what I am going to do)
These are the newspapers that I consider to be tabloid newspapers:
* The Sun
* The News of The World
* The Mirror
* The Daily Sport
That is the group of tabloid newspapers that I will select at random
Here are the newspapers that I consider to be broadsheet newspapers:
* The Times
* The Telegraph
* The Guardian
* The Observer
Some newspaper might consider themselves a broadsheet newspaper and I have not included them in my group of broadsheet newspaper's but these I consider to lie in between the two although they do tend to lean toward the broadsheet way of telling the story, I feel that the papers I have selected will give me the best results to draw comparisons from.
