‘Read All About It’
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GCSE Mathematics 'Read All About It' Introduction In this coursework I will compare, two articles from two different newspapers and then draw some conclusions form the results. The two articles I intend to compare relate to the recent event concerning, Mr Blunkett. One is from the Manchester Evening News (tabloid), and the other is The Sun (broadsheet). I chose this story because it was one of the hottest topics on the newspapers at the moment. I will be comparing word lengths, using 100 words from each article. People tend to think that tabloids are easier to read and express things in much simpler terms than broadsheets. This observation then leads me to the following hypothesis: Hypothesis: The tabloid (M.E.N) will contain shorter words than the broadsheet (The Sun) Pre-Test To prevent any problems from occurring during my experiment, I am going to do a pre-test that will involve me counting the lengths of 50 words...


