TY - BOOK AU - Lowie,Wander,‏ ‎ AU - Seton,Bregtje,‏ ‎ TI - Essential statistics for applied linguistics SN - 9780230304819 U1 - 418.0015195 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Applied linguistics KW - Statistical methods KW - BUEsh KW - Research KW - Linguistics KW - Computational linguistics KW - HHUUEENN KW - October2016 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index ; pt. 1: The basics: 1. Types of research -- 2. Systematicity in statistics: Variables -- 3. Descriptive statistics -- 4. Statistical logic -- 5. Doing statistics: From theory to practice -- 6. Common statistics for applied linguistics -- 7. Conclusion. -- pt. 2. How to SPSS: How to do descriptive statistics ; How to check assumptions ; How to do a t-test ; How to do a one-way ANOVA ; How to do a two-way ANOVA ; How to do a correlation analysis ; How to do a simple regression analysis ; How to do a chi-square analysis. -- pt. 3. SPSS practicals. Exploring SPSS and entering variables ; Descriptive statistics ; Calculations using SPSS ; Inductive statistics ; Miscellaneous assignments ; Miscellaneous assignments (revision) N2 - "An accessible introduction to statistics and methodology for students of (Applied) Linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, the authors take an activity-based approach, focusing on the application of statistics and helping students to understand why statistical analyses are needed. Includes How-To sections and exercises throughout." -- Publisher's website ER -