22.991, Books: Applied Ling/Discipline of Ling/General Ling: Vasishth, Broe

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Subject: 22.991, Books: Applied Ling/Discipline of Ling/General Ling: Vasishth, Broe

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Date: 25-Feb-2011
From: Olga Chiarcos [olga.chiarcos at springer.com]
Subject: The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach:
Vasishth, Broe

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:15:45
From: Olga Chiarcos [olga.chiarcos at springer.com]
Subject: The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach: Vasishth, Broe

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Title: The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach 
Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Springer
	   http://www.springer.com

Book URL: http://www.springer.com/mathematics/applications/book/978-3-642-16312-8 

Author: Shravan Vasishth
Author: Michael Broe

Hardback: ISBN: 9786421631  Pages: 194 Price: Europe EURO 39.95

Abstract:

Statistics and hypothesis testing are routinely used in areas (such as 
linguistics) that are traditionally not mathematically intensive. In such fields, 
when faced with experimental data, many students and researchers tend to 
rely on commercial packages to carry out statistical data analysis, often 
without understanding the logic of the statistical tests they rely on. As a 
consequence, results are often misinterpreted, and users have difficulty in 
flexibly applying techniques relevant to their own research -- they use 
whatever they happen to have learned. A simple solution is to teach the 
fundamental ideas of statistical hypothesis testing without using too much 
mathematics. This book provides a non-mathematical, simulation-based 
introduction to basic statistical concepts and encourages readers to try out 
the simulations themselves using the source code and data provided (the 
freely available programming language R is used throughout). Since the code 
presented in the text almost always requires the use of previously introduced 
programming constructs, diligent students also acquire basic programming 
abilities in R. The book is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate 
students in any discipline, although the focus is on linguistics, psychology, 
and cognitive science. It is designed for self-instruction, but it can also be 
used as a textbook for a first course on statistics. Earlier versions of the 
book have been used in undergraduate and graduate courses in Europe and 
the US. 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discipline of Linguistics
                     General Linguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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