Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Plonsky, Luke

Titel

Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• iBy picking up where introductory texts have left off, Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research provides a “second course” on quantitative methods and enables second language researchers to both address questions currently posed in the field in new and dynamic ways and to address novel or more complex questions as well. In line with the practical focus of the book, each chapter provides the conceptual motivation for and step-by-step guidance needed to carry out a relatively advanced, novel, and/or underused statistical technique. Using readily available statistical software packages such as SPSS, the chapters walk the reader from conceptualization through to output and interpretation of a range of advanced statistical procedures such as bootstrapping, mixed effects modeling, cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis, and meta-analysis. This practical hands-on volume equips researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA) with the necessary tools and knowledge to engage more fully with key issues and problems in SLA and to work toward expanding the statistical repertoire of the field.ii iii iv v vi Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research is the first hands-on guide to conducting advanced research methods in the fields of applied linguistics and second language studies. While a number of texts discuss basic quantitative research methodology, none focus exclusively on providing coverage of alternative advanced statistical procedures in second language studies from a practical approach. The text is bookended by discussions of these advanced procedures in the larger context of second language studies, debating their strengths, weaknesses, and potential for further research; the remaining chapters are how-to sections, each chapter following the same organization, on a wide variety of advanced research methods. By offering much-needed coverage on advanced statistical concepts and procedures, with an eye toward real-world implementation, Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research enhances the methodological repertoire of graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics and second language studies. For additional content, visit: http://oak.ucc.nau.edu/ldp3/AQMSLR.html