Admission requirements
Math C (wiskunde C) at VWO level or equivalent is assumed. This course is only available for BA linguistics students.
Description
In this course students will get familiar with basic concepts in methodology and descriptive statistics necessary to conduct research in (experimental) linguistics such as the empirical cycle, measurement and observation, reliability and validity, sampling, (quasi-) experimental design, central tendency and variability, the normal distribution, relationsips between variables and describing and explaining variance.
Students will acquire practical skills of data analysis through several assignments that are imbedded in experimental linguistics research.
The course consists of obligatory lectures and workroups.
This course is the compulsory basis for Statistics II.
Course objectives
Learning goal 1: student is able to describe core concepts of methods and techniques in (experimental) linguistics such as the emprirical cycle, variables, measurement level, reliability and validity, sampling, the normal distribution, central tendency and variability, distributions, association, experimental design.
Learning goal 2: student is able to use SPSS software for descriptive statistics
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Weekly lectures + workgroups
Course Load
Total course load 5 x 28 hours= 140 hours
Lectures: attending lectures: 10 x 2 = 20 hours
Attending workgroups: 10 x 1 = 10 hours
Completing assignments: 10 x 5 = 50 hours
Study of compulsory literature: 60 hours (about 300 pages)
Exam(s): 1 x 2 hours = 2 hours
Assessment method
(1) Multiple choice exam (learning goal 1) (2) Assignments (learning goal 2)
In order to pass:
(1) Mutliple choice exam must be 55% correct after correction for guessing; (2) 9/10 assignments need to be sufficient (submitted in time and of sufficient quality).
The final mark is based on the multiple choice exam.
Student are allowed to miss a maximum of 1 lecture and 1 practical. Handing in at least 9 out of 10 assignments of sufficient quality is obligatory in order to be eligible to participate in the exam.
The exam can be retaken, the assignments cannot be retaken (the student will be asked to re-submit an assignment when it is of insufficient quality).
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for:
Providing information about the course
Communication with the students
Handing in assignments
Reading list
Leary, M.L. (2014). Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods (6th edition). Boston: Pearson.
Field, A. (2017). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics (5th edition). Sage: London.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on this website
Contact
Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats
E-mail address Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats: osz-oa-wijkplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
This course is open to students from the BA Linguistics only.