Essential Statistics for Applied Linguistics

Name: Essential Statistics for Applied Linguistics
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ISBN: 9780230304819

ISBN-10: 0230304818

ISBN-13: 9780230304819

Edition: 2013

Authors: Wander Lowie, Bregtje Seton

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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


Preface



The Basics



Types of Research



Introduction



Hypothesis generating vs hypothesis testing



Description vs explanation



Non-experimental vs experimental



Process research vs product research



Longitudinal vs cross-sectional



Case studies vs group studies



Qualitative vs quantitative



In situ/naturalistic research vs laboratory research



The approaches taken in this book



Systematicity in Statistics: Variables



Introduction



Research design



Why do we need statistics?



Variables and operationalization



Descriptive Statistics



Introduction



Describing datasets: means and dispersion



A different view on variability



Frequency distributions



Statistical Logic



Introduction



The chance of making the wrong decision



Statistical decisions



Degrees of freedom



Parametric and non-parametric statistics



Checking assumptions



Alpha and beta



Doing Statistics: From Theory to Practice



Operationalization



Forming hypotheses



Selecting a sample



Data collection



Setting the level of significance



Statistics



Interpretation of the data



Reliability of outcome



Common Statistics for Applied Linguistics



Introduction



Comparing groups



Assessing relations



Analysing frequencies



Doing statistics



Conclusion



Statistical dangers and limitations



Validity and reliability



Meaningful outcomes



Statistics and the real world


Notes


References



How to SPSS



How to Do Descriptive Statistics



How to Check Assumptions



How to Do a t-test



How to Do a One-way ANOVA



How to Do a Two-way ANOVA



How to Do a Correlation Analysis



How to Do a Simple Regression Analysis



How to Do a Chi-square Analysis



SPSS Practicals



Exploring SPSS and Entering Variables



Descriptive Statistics



Calculations Using SPSS



Inductive Statistics



Miscellaneous Assignments



Miscellaneous Assignments (Revision)


Index