LINGUIST List 22.991 Mon Feb 28 2011 Books: Applied Ling/Discipline of Ling/General Ling: Vasishth, Broe Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Olga Chiarcos , The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach: Vasishth, Broe Message 1: The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach: Vasishth, Broe Date: 25-Feb-2011 From: Olga Chiarcos <olga.chiarcosspringer.com> Subject: The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach: Vasishth, Broe E-mail this message to a friend Title: The Foundations of Statistics: A Simulation-based Approach Published: 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 ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=53548 New! 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