Maths Statistics Coursework
Aim:
In this investigation I am trying to investigate how readable 3
newspapers and if there target audience buys them.
What am I going to do?
To do this I am going to get 3 national newspapers, a tabloid, a
broadsheet, and an in-between, and find out how readable they really
are.
My choice of newspapers will be: The Sun -------------- Tabloid
The Times ----------- Broadsheet
The Daily Mail ----- In-between
How am I going to do it?
To do it I have decided that the best way would be to get 5 of the
same news stories on the same day in the 3 papers, and take the first
100 words of each article to see how many letters are in each word.
The reason I have chosen to see how many letters are in each word is
because generally small words are easier to read.
Prediction:
I predict that in The sun the words will be very short, hence easier
to read.
The Times will have the longest words, and The Daily Mail will have
words that are in-between in length.
The reason I have made these predictions is because I believe that The
Sun is aimed at less intelligent people who like gossip were as The
Times is aimed at people who are in high profile jobs, or are just
more intelligent people in general. The Daily mail is more of a larger
group as it has both tabloid and broadsheet qualities such as gossip
and serious news all the way through.
Articles Chosen to use Monday 3rd February:
1: Taxpayers may foot bill for EU students' fees.
2: Train drivers threaten strike over equal pay.
3: Race abuse officers suspended.
4: Archbishop backs Tories on detention of refugees.
5: Grandchildren cash in on legacies their parents don't need.
Results:
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The Shaded areas are to show the 3 highest frequencies of letters in
words for each article.
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