Materials for LING 5070: Research Methods
Fall 2001

Lynn Eubank, Interim Associate Dean

Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

University of North Texas

Denton, TX 87203

E-mail: eubank@unt.edu

Site Index

• Syllabus

• Week-by-week plan

• Reference Resources

  • Bibliography of Reference Resources

  • Practice with Example Topics

  • Linguistics Topics for Searches

  • Dissertation Abstracts

  • Interlibrary Loan Exercise

  • Linguistic Examples and Source Citation

    - Linguistic Examples and Source Citation Homework

• IPA Fonts

• Linguistic Databases

  • Introduction

  • CHILDES Data

    - CHILDES "Readme" Files

    - CLAN Programs for CHILDES Data

    - Optional: Navigating in CHILDES with DOS

    - Using CLAN under Windows 95/98/NT to Search CHAT Files

    - Deconstructing CHILDES Commands

• Example Study 1

• Example Study 2

• Class Study

• Homework Study 1

• Homework Study 2

• Homework Study 3: Combo Search

• Some Resources on the World Wide Web (WWW)

• Data Files

• Data Types

• Creating SPSS Data Files Directly

• Note on Filenames

• ASCII Data Files to SPSS Data Files

• Class Study 1

• Class Study 2

• Class Study 3

• Class Study 4

• Class Study 5

• Class Study 6

• Descriptive Statistics

  • Descriptive Statistics on SPSS

• Evals.sav

-Scantron Evaluation of Instructor and Course

• Class Study 1

• Class Study 2

• Homework Study 1

• Homework Study 2

• Homework Study 3

• Correlations and Regressions

• Preview of Learning Needs

• Pearson r Correlations and Simple Regressions with SPSS

• Pearson r and Spearman rho

• Class Study 1

• Class Study 2

• Class Study 3

• Homework Study 1

• Homework Study 2

• Homework Study 3

• Comparing Means

• Preview of Learning Needs

• Performing a Comparison of Means with SPSS

• ANOVA (F-statistic) and Kruskal-Wallis (H-statistic)

• Class Study 1

• Class Study 2

• Class Study 3

• Homework Study 1

• Homework Study 2

• Homework Study 3

• Childes "Read Me" Files

• Homework Study 4: Statistic Unknown

• Homework Study 5: Statistic Unknown

• Homework Study 6: Descriptive Statistics

• Homework Study 7: Comparing Means or Correlations and Regressions?

• Chi-Square

• Preview of Learning Needs: Class Exercise A

• Preview of Learning Needs: Class Exercise B

• Performing Chi-Square with SPSS

• Note on Data Transformation

• Class Study 1

• Class Study 2

• Homework Study 1

• Homework Study 2

• Homework Study 3

• Homework Study 4: Not Necessarily Chi-Square

• Final Examination

• Appendix A: Limits for Sample Skewness Coefficient

• Appendix B: Limits for Sample Kurtosis Coefficient