Mean, Median, Mode and Range
Mean
3837 / 892 = 4.30157
= 4.30
Median
28, 37, 48, 50, 57, 58, 108, 154, 169, 183
57 + 58 = 115
115 / 2 = 57.5
= 57.5
Mode
= 3
Range
183 – 28 = 155
= 155
Mean
1981 / 479 = 4.135699
= 4.14
Median
6, 19, 22, 30, 35, 35, 59, 77, 77, 119
= 35
Mode
= 3
Range
119 – 6 = 113
= 113
Mean
2231 / 504 = 4.438492
= 4.43
Median
11, 13, 21, 22, 50, 56, 57, 82, 83, 109
50 + 56 = 106
106 / 2 = 53
= 53
Mode
= 4
Range
109 – 11= 98
= 98
Mean
1427 / 301 =4.740864
= 4.74
Median
12, 13, 14, 20, 26, 27, 37, 38, 50, 64
26 + 27 = 53
53 / 2 = 26.5
Mode
= 4
Range
64 – 12 = 52
= 52
Charts
From this bar chart, it has shown a very clear result that a tabloid of the same article in a broadsheet has much more words to it. The most common word length (mode) is 3 letters per word. This is the same in both articles.
This shows that there is a 30% difference in the amount of words for the same article in a tabloid and broadsheet paper. The tabloid paper has much more words in compared to the broadsheet paper.
This shows a similar result to the first article. Again, the tabloid newspaper has much more words in the article. The graph also shows that the most common word length in the articles is 4 letters per word.
This pie chart shows a 26% difference in the amount of words in the articles found in the tabloid and broadsheet newspaper. Again, a tabloid newspaper has more words.
Evaluation
For this coursework I have found out the average word count, this is to see if tabloid or broadsheet newspaper that have the most amount of words.
I have also attempted to find the average word length in each article that I have done. With the frequency I did all types of graphs to show my results, I did:
- Scatter graph
- Pie charts
- Bar charts
I succeeded with this and found out the mean, median, mode, and range.
I did find a big problem when doing the coursework. I found out, when I was counting the word or word lengths, sometimes you would get lost and had to guess where you were. I also found out that it is very easy to make a mistake while plotting down the wrong frequency, counting how many words there are or how many letter are in each word. Sometimes you can count a word wrong or miss place where you are, therefore I found this coursework was not a fair result, I think this because it might not have given the right result. Maybe if I was to do this again, I could do the article twice to see if there is a difference in answers.
If I was to do this coursework again, I will have to try and find out more ways in which I can use the charts to show my results. Also I can use different ways to compare tabloid and broadsheet newspapers e.g. I could have done the amount of area the article took up on a page or how many pictures there were.
Another way I would improve on the coursework is by doing more articles. I say four articles doesn’t seem to give a fair result as it’s not that many, I think about 8 articles would give a much fair result. I would also use a wider range of newspapers to see if they would give me different results to what I have found. I used “Reading Evening Post” (Tabloid) and “Telegraph” (Broadsheet). I could have used:
- The Sun (tabloid)
- News of the World (tabloid)
- The Star (tabloid)
- Central (tabloid)
I have found out in this coursework that my perdition for word length was right. But I did get my perdition wrong on how many words there are in an article. I predicted that a broadsheet would have more words in it, as it is a bigger sized paper. I was very surprised when I found out that tabloid newspapers have much more words in than a broadsheet paper. I found that a tabloid newspaper had 26% to 30% more words in than a broadsheet.
