Universität Wien

160122 PR Scientific Practical Training in Psycholinguistics and Speech-Language Pathology (2024W)

3.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 16 - Musikwissenschaft und Sprachwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Attendance is compulsory and classes start punctually at 15h45 and end at 17h30.

  • Thursday 03.10. 15:45 - 17:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 17.10. 15:45 - 17:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 31.10. 15:45 - 17:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.11. 15:45 - 17:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 28.11. 15:45 - 17:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
  • Thursday 12.12. 15:45 - 17:45 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Course objectives:
- To become familiar with R(Studio) and be able to use it at a beginner level;
- To understand basic concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics and apply them using RStudio.

Course content: Introduction to R, the tidyverse, descriptive statistics, simple linear regression, correlations and transformations, multiple regression, inferential statistics.

Teaching methods:
- Quizzes based on Bodo Winter's book "Statistics for Linguists: An Introduction Using R" (2020);
- In-class practical exercises based on Winter's book and other resources.

Classes will be held in English.

Assessment and permitted materials

For every class, students will read an excerpt from Bodo Winter's book and will perform a quiz at the beginning of the class based on it.
The final examination at the end of the course will be performed without any aids.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirements:
- Compulsory attendance (one absence allowed);
- Completion of quizzes and a positive evaluation of them;
- Completion of in-class exercises;
- Positive assessment of final exam.

Assessment standard:
- Quizzes - 30 points
- Final exam - 70 points

60 points are required for a passing grade in this course.

1 (very good): 100-90 points
2 (good): 89-81 points
3 (satisfactory): 80-71 points
4 (sufficient): 70-60 points
5 (not enough): 59-0 points

Examination topics

For the quizzes, students must read the chapter(s) from Bodo Winter's book that were required for the previous two weeks.
For the final exam, students must study all chapters from Bodo Winter's book discussed in class up to that point.

Reading list

Main literature:
Winter, B. (2020). Statistics for linguists: An introduction using R. Routledge.

Further reading:
Field, Z., Miles, J., & Field, A. (2012). Discovering statistics using R. Discovering Statistics Using R.
Baayen, R. Harald: 2008, Analyzing Linguistic Data: A Practical Introduction to Statistics Using R.

Association in the course directory

BA-APM10b

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