Welcome to the main site of the course Statistics and Quantitative Methods (Semester 1).
This will be your go-to place throughout the semester. Use the menu above to navigate to info pages under Course info.
This course is an introduction to study design, statistics and quantitative data analysis as commonly employed in linguistics, using the R software.
Course description
The course will cover the basics of statistics and quantitative data analysis, and how to design studies that effectively address the intended research questions. Students will learn the principles of data visualisation and statistical modelling and develop the practical skills necessary to perform such analyses. The course will draw examples from different branches of linguistics and will provide students with hands-on experience in open science practices.
The course will teach you how to carry out statistical inference using Null Hypothesis Significance Testing and how to correctly interpret p-values and confidence intervals.
Install R and RStudio
The workshops require you to have R and RStudio installed on your laptop.
- To install R, go to http://cloud.r-project.org/ and pick R (4.2.1) for your operating system (Linux, macOS, Windows).
- To install RStudio, go to https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download and download RStudio (Desktop) for your operating system.
Install the R package
An R package is like a plug-in, that you can install to get access to more functionalities.
We will be using an R package designed for this course, sqmf.
To install sqmf you need to run the following code (copy paste these lines in the Console in RStudio and press ENTER):
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("stefanocoretta/sqmf@1.5.0")You will see some text flashing and if it ends in DONE (sqmf) then it’s all good!