Essential Statistics for Applied Linguistics. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Lowie, Wander
• Contents: Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Preface ; PART I THE BASICS ; 1. Types of Research ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 Hypothesis generating vs hypothesis testing ; 1.3 Description vs explanation ; 1.4 Non-experimental vs experimental. 1.5 Process research vs product research 1.6 Longitudinal vs cross-sectional ; 1.7 Case studies vs group studies ; 1.8 Qualitative vs quantitative ; 1.9 In situ/naturalistic research vs laboratory research ; 1.10 The approaches taken in this book. 2. Systematicity in Statistics: Variables 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Research design ; 2.3 Why do we need statistics? ; 2.4 Variables and operationalization ; 3. Descriptive Statistics ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Describing datasets: means and dispersion. 3.3 A different view on variability 3.4 Frequency distributions ; 4. Statistical Logic ; 4.1 Introduction ; 4.2 The chance of making the wrong decision ; 4.3 Statistical decisions ; 4.4 Degrees of freedom ; 4.5 Parametric and non-parametric statistics ; 4.6 Checking assumptions. 4.7 Alpha and beta 5. Doing Statistics: From Theory to Practice ; 5.1 Operationalization ; 5.2 Forming hypotheses ; 5.3 Selecting a sample ; 5.4 Data collection ; 5.5 Setting the level of signifi cance ; 5.6 Statistics ; 5.7 Interpretation of the data ; 5.8 Reliability of outcome.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.502441; Study & Teaching; Applied linguistics -- Statistical methods; Applied linguistics -- Research; Linguistics -- Statistical methods; Computational linguistics; Linguistics -- Statistical methods; Applied linguistics -- Research; Applied linguistics -- Statistical methods; Computational linguistics; Linguistics -- Statistical methods; MATHEMATICS / Applied; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General; Statistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137284900; 9781137284907
• Related ISBNs: 0230304818
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 83) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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