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Writing about quantitative research in applied linguistics /

There is increasing pressure on academics and graduate students to publish in peer reviewed journals, but many students and researchers who are new to quantitative methods struggle to write up statistics in reports, theses and journal articles. This book is an accessible reference text aimed at help...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodrow, Lindy, 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Research > Methodology > Study and teaching (Higher) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Applied linguistics > Methodology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Academic writing > Study and teaching.
Quantitative research > Study and teaching.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
REFERENCE > Research.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN WRITING ABOUT QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
  • 2. Writing about Research Design
  • 3. Reliability, Validity and Ethics
  • 4. Writing about Participants
  • 5. Presenting Descriptive Statistics
  • PART II: WRITING ABOUT SPECIFIC STATISTICAL PROCEDURES
  • 6. Writing about T-tests
  • 7. Writing about ANOVA, ANCOVA and MANOVA
  • 8. Writing about Regression
  • 9. Writing about Correlation
  • 10. Writing about factor analysis
  • 11. Writing about Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
  • 12. Writing about Non-parametric Tests
  • PART III: PUBLISHING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS
  • 13. Publishing Research: Journal Articles
  • 14. Publishing Research: Book Chapters and Books
  • 15. Academic Style
  • Useful resources for conducting and writing about quantitative research in applied linguistics
  • Statistical tests and uses.