Statistics for Linguistics with R

By Stefan Th. Gries

Book Overview

This book is an introduction to statistics for linguists using the open source software R. It is aimed at students and professors with little or no statistical background, is written in a non-technical and reader-friendly style, and covers the structure of quantitative studies, descriptive and analytical statistics, multifactorial approaches and simple statistical graphs. Key features comes with many exercises, recommendations for further study, and answer keys reference to companion website aimed at beginners on every level of linguistic education presupposes no quantitative/statistical knowledge whatsoever begins at step 1 for every method and explains everything explicitly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110205653
• ISBN13: 9783110205657
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 21 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary