John M Norris, Steven J Ross, Rob Schoonen

Improving and Extending Quantitative Reasoning in Second Language Research

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Produktbeschreibung

Currents in Language Learning is a biennial book series published by Wiley and the Language Learning Research Club at the University of Michigan. It provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bi/multilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts. It brings together disciplinary perspectives from linguistics, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781119148203
• ISBN-10: 1119148200
• Artikelnr.: 42695598

Autorenporträt

John M. Norris and Steven J. Ross are the authors of Improving and extending quantitative reasoning in second language research, published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Improving second language quantitative research (John M. Norris,
Steven J. Ross, Rob Schoonen)
Section I: Current challenges in measurement, design, and analysis for L2
quantitative research
Chapter 2: Methodological synthesis in L2 quantitative research: A review
of reviews and a case study of exploratory factor analysis (Luke Plonsky &
Talip Gonulal)
Chapter 3: Improving the validity of quantitative measures in second
language research (James Purpura, James Dean Brown, Rob Schoonen)
Chapter 4: Design issues and inference in L2 experimental research (Thom
Hudson & Lorena Llosa)
Chapter 5: Statistical significance testing in second language research:
Basic problems and suggestions for reform (John Norris)
Chapter 6: Reporting and interpreting quantitative research findings: What
gets reported and recommendations for the field (Jenifer Larson-Hall & Luke
Plonsky)
Section II: Alternatives, advances, and the future of L2 quantitative
research
Chapter 7: Structural equation modeling: Possibilities for language
learning researchers (Gregory R. Hancock & Rob Schoonen)
Chapter 8: The utility and application of mixed effects models in second
language research (Jared A. Linck & Ian Cunnings)
Chapter 9: Bayesian approaches to imputation, hypothesis testing, and
parameter estimation (Steven J. Ross & Beth Mackey)
Chapter 10: Statistical measures for usage-based linguistics (Stefan Gries
& Nick Ellis)