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The second set of articles which I will be comparing is about a kidnapped girl named Madeleine McCann. The Sun article is headed 'This Is My Daughter...Not Madeleine', the Daily Mail article is headed 'No, She Isn't Madeleine' and the Evening Standard article is headed 'Maddy Family's Vow After Morocco Sighting Blow'. Below are the tally charts for my results from The Sun, the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard in their respective order. The Sun Number of letters per word Tally (Frequency) Cumulative Frequency Total number of letters 1 1 1 2 4 6 3 10 18 4 19 36 5 25 30 6 31 36 7 33 14 8 36 24 9 38 18 10 38 11 40 22 12 40 13 40 Total 40 40 205 Daily Mail Number of letters per word Tally (Frequency) Cumulative Frequency Total number of letters 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 9 18 4 14 20 5 22 40 6 28 36 7 32 28 8 36 32 9 38 18 10 39 10 11 39 12 40 12 13 40 Total 40 40 228 Evening Standard Number of letters per word Tally (Frequency) Cumulative Frequency Total number of letters 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 8 15 4 12 16 5 18 30 6 26 48 7 31 35 8 35 32 9 37 18 10 37 11 39 22 12 40 12 13 40 Total 40 40 233 Using the same method as before, I will make a table showing the averages for each of the newspaper articles. Evening Standard Daily Mail The Sun Median 6 5 5 Mean 5.825 (6) 5.7 (6) 5.125 (5) Mode 7 5 4 In this set of articles, the Evening Standard has a higher median, mean and mode which mean that, on average, more...

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