Vés enrere April-May 2018: Postgraduate Seminar "Quantitative Methods in Language Research"

April-May 2018: Postgraduate Seminar "Quantitative Methods in Language Research"

SCHEDULE: Four sessions: April 18, April 25, May 02, May 9
01.02.2018

 

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.  

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