Maths Statistics Coursework

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.