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For the extension task, I will be looking at the word lengths from the same articles as in the main investigation.To begin with I will collect the information from each newspaper, however this time I will not extract 38 sentences but 38 words.  

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For the extension task, I will be looking at the word lengths from the same articles as in the main investigation. To begin with I will collect the information from each newspaper, however this time I will not extract 38 sentences but 38 words. I cannot construct a Stem and Leaf Diagram due to the data values being so small. As in the main investigation I will take the sample from the first 38 words. Tabloid Raw data: 8, 3, 6, 6, 5, 3, 6, 5, 1, 3, 3, 8, 4, 4, 3, 8, 5, 3, 3, 8, 7, 3, 2, 5, 2, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 10. As all the data is under 15 words, I have decided to draw a Frequency Table in place of the Stem and Leaf Diagram. Letters in word Tally Frequency 1 I 1 2 IIII 5 3 IIII IIII II 12 4 IIII 4 5 IIII I 6 6 IIII 4 7 I 1 8 IIII 4 9 0 10 I 1 Total of Data: 166 Letters Mean: 166 / 38 = 4.3 Letters Median: 4 Letters Mode:...

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