Data Handling
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Maths Coursework: Data Handling Task Task: My task is to use statistical techniques to analyse the differences between different types of print media; for this I have chosen a tabloid newspaper (The Sun) and a broadsheet newspaper (The Times). I have chosen these different types because of the variations between the two, for example they have different audiences, as The Times is a more knowledgeable newspaper than The Sun, which is more for entertainment. I also think that The Times will have more complex language and content than The Sun. Out of the differences above I think that I will be able to measure how complex the language is through measuring the length of the words and sentences in both newspapers. Hypothesis: I think that in a broadsheet paper the average length of words will be greater than the average in a tabloid. I also think that the average sentence length will be greater in a...

