Statistics for linguists course

Statistics for linguists course organized by the Centre de Lingüística Teòrica at the UAB

Week 1

Learning objectives:

• Understand the definition of statistics and how we do statistics.
• Understand the difference between R and statistics.
• Hands-on R introduction
• Understand the difference between statistics and parameters
• Define descriptive statistics
• Identify types of variables

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Week 2

Learning objectives:

• Calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and variation in a dataset. -Compare and contrast histograms and density plots as tools for visualizing data distribution.
• Identify and describe key properties of the normal distribution, including symmetry, unimodality, and the 68-95-99.7 rule.
• Define z-scores and explain their role in standardizing data.
• Calculate and interpret z-scores to determine the relative position of data points within a distribution.

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Week 3

Learning objectives:

• Calculate standard error
• Determining confidence intervals
• Understand the difference between dependent and independent variables.
• Understand the steps for hypothesis testing.

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Week 4

Learning objectives:

• Hypothesis testing
• Understanding the steps for hypothesis testing.
• Parametric and non-parametric tests
• T-tests

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