ABSTRACT

This introduction to visualization techniques and statistical models for second language research focuses on three types of data (continuous, binary, and scalar), helping readers to understand regression models fully and to apply them in their work. Garcia offers advanced coverage of Bayesian analysis, simulated data, exercises, implementable script code, and practical guidance on the latest R software packages. The book, also demonstrating the benefits to the L2 field of this type of statistical work, is a resource for graduate students and researchers in second language acquisition, applied linguistics, and corpus linguistics who are interested in quantitative data analysis.

part I|60 pages

Getting Ready

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|47 pages

R Basics

part II|45 pages

Visualizing the Data

chapter 3|23 pages

Continuous Data

chapter 4|13 pages

Categorical Data

chapter 5|7 pages

Aesthetics: Optimizing Your Figures

part III|135 pages

Analyzing the Data

chapter 6|34 pages

Linear Regression

chapter 7|30 pages

Logistic Regression

chapter 8|16 pages

Ordinal Regression

chapter 9|21 pages

Hierarchical Models

chapter 10|30 pages

Going Bayesian

chapter 11|2 pages

Final Remarks