Statistics for Linguists: A Step-by-Step Guide for Novices - Tapa blanda
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"The main aim of the book is really challenging: explaining statistics to novices with a focus on linguistic research, and, at the same time, illustrating how to perform these analyses in a new software (i.e., SPSS 20, or other versions). [...] Eddington's book manages to achieve his goal by providing a very useful survey of the main statistical tools, moving from the most common ones (e.g., the chi-square or p-value) to the most complex and recently implemented ones such as the mixed models. One of the greatest advantages of the book, which definitely distinguishes it from other "introduction to statistics" books already available, is that is specifically intended for linguists: this means that examples are taken from already existing experiments, many of them conducted by the author himself, or from hypothetical experimental settings without being limited to a specific linguistic subfield of research. Thus, the book introduces both the basic concepts in statistics research, and the way to concretely apply these concepts using the software. For this reason, the book is also full of images showing both the input and output windows provided by SPSS: this is incredibly useful for "novices" approaching the IBM software for the first times. [...] Eddington's book represents an exceptional tool for understanding the possibilities of the quantitative paradigm in linguistic research. At the same time, the book represents a real "step-by-step" guide to performing statistical analysis in SPSS."Chiara MeluzziScuola Normale Superiore, PisaLINGUIST List 28.4143"This book provides readers with a soup-to-nuts introduction to statistics that is inclusive yet never overwhelming, accessible but not watered down. Eddington meets novice researchers where they're at and walks them through everything they need in a `first course' on statistics, from manipulating the SPSS interface, to visualizing data, to timely topics such as calculating and reporting confidence intervals. Perhaps most impressive is the author's ability to strike a balance between straightforward `recipe-style' explanations of statistical procedures and the conceptual motivations underlying them. Novices from all areas of linguistics will benefit from and enjoy (yes, enjoy!) this book, as will more experienced researchers in need of a go-to reference or refresher."Luke PlonskyUniversity College London
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Linguists with no background in statistics will find this book to be an accessible introduction to statistics. Concepts are explained in non-technical terms, and mathematical formulas are kept to a minimum. The book incorporates SPSS, which is a statistics package that incorporates a point and click interface rather than complex line-commands. Step-by-step instructions are provided for some of the most widely used statistics in linguistics. At the same time, the concepts behind each procedure are also explained. Traditional analyses such as ANOVA and t-tests are included in the book, but linguistic data is often not amenable to such analyses. For this reason, non-parametric and mixed-effects procedures are also introduced.
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- EditorialCambridge Scholars Publishing
- Año de publicación2015
- ISBN 10 1443876380
- ISBN 13 9781443876384
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- IdiomaInglés
- Número de edición1
- Número de páginas190
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