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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Hypotheses 3. Method 4. Statistical Analysis of 4 hypotheses 5. Limitations of 4 methods used 6. Evaluation of 4 hypotheses 7. Conclusion Introduction * Compare a broadsheet and tabloid newspaper * Investigate word length, sentence length, readability and article area in both papers. * Randomly select a story in the broadsheet (put the broadsheet page numbers in a 'hat' then randomly pick out, use the same story in the tabloid) This reduces bias. * Bought papers on the same day so that articles should be the same in terms of context and content. Hypotheses My hypotheses: 1. I expect to find that the broadsheet has longer words. 2. I expect to find that the broadsheet has longer sentences. 3. I expect to find that the broadsheet will have an older average reading age. 4. I expect the broadsheet to devote more of its page area to an article. Word Length Results Daily Telegraph Number of letters per word Tally Frequency, f Frequency x Number of Letters, fx 1 6 6 6 2 21 21 42 3 17 17 54 4 16 16 64 5 9 9 45 6 9 9 54 7 12 12 84 8 3 3 24 9 3 3 27 10 3 3 30 11 1 1 11 The...

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