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 statistics necessary to conduct research in (experimental) linguistics such as the empirical cycle, variables, measurement level, reliability and validity, sampling, the normal distribution, central tendency and variability, distributions, association and causation, experimental design, the null hypothesis significance testing process, limitations of null hypothesis testing, effect size, confidence intervals, statistical power, questionable research practices and principles of Open Science. The course focuses on correct application of statistical theory and correct interpretation of statistical results in order to answer research questions in linguistics, not on mathematics.
Students will acquire practical data analysis skills in the statistical programming language R through several assignments that are imbedded in experimental linguistics research.
The course consists of obligatory lectures and workgroups.
Completion of this course is the compulsory entry requirement for the course “Inferential Statistics for the Language Sciences”.
Course objectives
Learning goal 1: student is able to describe basic concepts of methods and statistics in (experimental) linguistics
Learning goal 2: student is able to use R software for basic statistics
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Weekly lectures + workgroups
Assessment method
(1) Exam (learning goal 1); (2) Assignments (learning goal 2)
Students are allowed to miss a maximum of 1 workgroup. Handing in at least 9 out of 10 assignments of sufficient quality is obligatory in order to be eligible to participate in the exam.
Assessment
In order to pass:
1. Multiple choice exam must be at least 50% correct after correction for guessing;
2. 8/10 assignments need to be sufficient (submitted in time and of sufficient quality).
The final mark is based on the multiple-choice exam.
Resit
The exam can be retaken, the assignments cannot be retaken.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
- Leary, M.L. (2014). Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods (6th international edition). Boston: Pearson.
- Field, A. (2012). Discovering statistics using R. Sage: London.
Registration
Enrolment through My Studymap is mandatory
Contact
For questions related to the content of the course, please contact the lecturer, you can find their contact information by clicking on their name in the sidebar.
For questions regarding enrollment please contact the Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats E-mail address Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats: osz-oa-reuvensplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
For questions regarding your studyprogress contact the Coordinator of Studies
Remarks
not applicable