April-May 2018: Postgraduate Seminar "Quantitative Methods in Language Research"
April-May 2018: Postgraduate Seminar "Quantitative Methods in Language Research"
POSTGRADUATE SEMINAR: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN LANGUAGE RESEARCH
Given by professor Dr. Joan Borràs-Comes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
SUMMARY
I. Methodological principles in language research
Learning to read the methodology of a paper. Main methods and techniques. Ethics. Quantitative methodology. Sampling. Surveys, ex-post facto and experimental approaches. Experimental design.
Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Time: 10.30 am- 12.30 pm
Room: computer room 54.006 – Edifici 54. Tallers
II. Understanding the data and the software
Learning to read the statistical analysis in a paper. Phases of the analysis. The data matrix. Types of data, variables, the normal distribution. SPSS. Graphs and pivot tables. Descriptive statistics.
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Time: 10.00 am- 1.00 pm
Room: computer room 54.004 – Edifici 54. Tallers
III. Inferential statistics
Pearson correlation. Chi-square. T-test. ANOVA.
Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Time: 10.30 am- 12.30 pm
Room: computer room 54.006 – Edifici 54. Tallers
IV. Hierarchical and mixed models
General and Generalized linear mixed models.
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Time: 10.00 am- 1.00 pm
Room: computer room 54.004 – Edifici 54. Tallers
This is a seminar open to all DTCL postgraduate students. To sign-up for the course please write to [email protected]. The computer room fits a total of 40 students, and classroom seats will be assigned by order of petition.