Introduction to Statistics for Linguists

Abstract

Linguists have increasingly become more aware of the need to deal with quantitative methods in data analysis. This course aims to introduce linguists to the practice of statistical analyses in R, a free platform that offers great flexibility in data analysis and in graphical and statistical computations. We will cover the basics of this programming language, as well as basic notions of descriptive and inferential statistics (tables, graphs, t-tests, chisquare tests, and correlation tests). Lessons consist of hands-on sessions of analyses of linguistic data. Participants should bring their own laptop computer and will be required to have previously downloaded and installed the course material, which will be sent prior to the course. This course will be taught in Portuguese.