Muslim Depiction Before and after 9/11
To determine whether the New York Times depiction of Islam and Muslims did not change after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the measures of central tendency and the measures of dispersion could be used. The measures of central tendency are simply a statistic used to present data in the form of averages. The most common measures of central tendency are the arithmetic mean, the median and the mode. The measures of dispersion tell you how widely spread out or scattered these values are. The range and standard deviation are two examples. Measure of Central Tendency
Themes # of Articles Anti-Islamic 4 Islamic Law 7 Radical Islam 2 Pro-Islam 3
By looking at the table it is clear that the mode is Islamic law and the arithmetic mean is 4. The most frequent topic that the New York Times wrote about before and after (mostly before) the terrorist attack was about Islamic law. Anti-Islamic articles were mostly written after September 11 which were about protests and anti-Islamic messages. The topics of radical Islam and pro-Islam were the next two themes mostly talked about. The pro-Islam articles talked about creationism, misreading Islam, and success for Muslim women.
By evaluating the articles before and after September 11 one can see that the thesis statement is incorrect. It is incorrect because before the terrorist attack there was only one Anti-Islam article. After September 11 there were three articles about Anti-Islam. People in the United States clearly portrayed Muslims different because only after the terrorist attack did they have protests where Anti-Islamic messages were being said.
Themes # of Articles Anti-Islamic 4 Islamic Law 7 Radical Islam 2 Pro-Islam 3
By looking at the table it is clear that the mode is Islamic law and the arithmetic mean is 4. The most frequent topic that the New York Times wrote about before and after (mostly before) the terrorist attack was about Islamic law. Anti-Islamic articles were mostly written after September 11 which were about protests and anti-Islamic messages. The topics of radical Islam and pro-Islam were the next two themes mostly talked about. The pro-Islam articles talked about creationism, misreading Islam, and success for Muslim women.
By evaluating the articles before and after September 11 one can see that the thesis statement is incorrect. It is incorrect because before the terrorist attack there was only one Anti-Islam article. After September 11 there were three articles about Anti-Islam. People in the United States clearly portrayed Muslims different because only after the terrorist attack did they have protests where Anti-Islamic messages were being said.