Quantitative Data Analysis for Linguists in R

v1.1.9000

Author

Stefano Coretta

Published

July 31, 2026

Welcome!

Hello! Welcome to the Quantitative Data Analysis for Linguists in R textbook! This is the textbook for the Quantitative Methods in Linguistics and English Language course at the University of Edinburgh, but the textbook is open to all.

License

Quantitative Data Analysis for Linguists in R © 2025-2026 by Stefano Coretta is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Cite as:

Stefano Coretta. 2026. Quantitative data analysis for linguists in R [v1.9000]. https://stefanocoretta.github.io/qdal/.

Acknowledgements

I want to particularly thank the following students of the course cohort 2025/26, Rebecca Bull for her extensive editing and Aditya Dalmia and Aidan Lowrie for their contributions.