A Comparison of Broadsheet Newspapers with Tabloid Newspapers
Investigation 1
Hypothesis 1
"Broadsheet newspapers have a longer average word length than tabloid
newspapers"
My theory is that broadsheet newspapers use a more complex style of
language. In effect I think this will result in a longer average word
length in a broadsheet than in a tabloid newspaper. Both newspapers
will have a large amount of short word included in the articles,
however, this can not be avoided due to the modern English language. I
believe the articles in a broadsheet newspaper will have a higher
average of longer words than in a tabloid. Although tabloids do
contain some long words it will only be a fraction of long words that
the broadsheet contains. I also think that the longest word counted in
my investigation will be found in the broadsheet newspapers. I predict
that the broadsheets will have a longer average word length.
Method
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* Choose two broadsheets and two tabloid newspapers published on the
same days.
* Select three articles from the news section of the newspapers.
They must be of the same stories and be of a suitable length (over
300 words).
o Repeat the above but this time select three articles from the sports
section of the newspapers that appear in all four newspapers
* Once again repeat the above however this time select three
articles from the financial section that appear in all four
newspapers.
* Randomly select one article from each section by asking somebody
to pick out of a hat one article from the news section one from
the sports section and one from the financial section.
* You will now have 12 randomly selected articles to test.
* Underline every third word in each article ignoring proper nouns
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