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ADVANCING QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH By picking up where introductory texts have left off, Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research provides a “second course” on quantitative methods and enables second language researchers to both address questions cur- rently posed in the field in new and dynamic ways and to address novel or more complex questions as well. In line with the practical focus of the book, each chapter provides the conceptual motivation for and step-by-step guidance needed to carry out a relatively advanced, novel, and/or underused statistical technique. Using readily available statistical software packages such as SPSS, the chapters walk the reader from conceptualization through to output and interpretation of a range of advanced statistical procedures such as bootstrapping, mixed effects modeling, cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis, and meta-analysis. This practical hands-on volume equips researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA) with the necessary tools and knowledge to engage more fully with key issues and problems in SLA and to work toward expanding the statistical repertoire of the field. Luke Plonsky (PhD, Michigan State University) is a faculty member in the Applied Linguistics program at Northern Arizona University. His interests include SLA and research methods, and his publications in these and other areas have appeared in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language Learn- ing, Modern Language Journal, and Studies in Second Language Acquisition, among other major journals and outlets. He is also Associated Editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition and Managing Editor of Foreign Language Annals. SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH SERIES Susan M. Gass and Alison Mackey, Series Editors Monographs on Theoretical Issues: Schachter/Gass Second Language Classroom Research: Issues and Opportunities (1996) Birdsong Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypotheses (1999) Ohta Second Language Acquisition Processes in the Classroom: Learning Japanese (2001) Major Foreign Accent: Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Second Language Phonology (2001) VanPatten Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary (2003) VanPatten/Williams/Rott/Overstreet Form-Meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition (2004) Bardovi-Harlig/Hartford Interlanguage Pragmatics: Exploring Institutional Talk (2005) Dörnyei The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition (2005) Long Problems in SLA (2007) VanPatten/Williams Theories in Second Language Acquisition (2007) Ortega/Byrnes The Longitudinal Study of Advanced L2 Capacities (2008) Liceras/Zobl/Goodluck The Role of Formal Features in Second Language Acquisition (2008) Philp/Adams/Iwashita Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning (2013) VanPatten/Williams Theories in Second Language Acquisition, Second Edition (2014) Leow Explicit Learning in the L2 Classroom (2015) Dörnyei/Ryan The Psychology of the Language Learner—Revisited (2015) Monographs on Research Methodology: Tarone/Gass/Cohen Research Methodology in Second Language Acquisition (1994) Yule Referential Communication Tasks (1997) Gass/Mackey Stimulated Recall Methodology in Second Language Research (2000) Markee Conversation Analysis (2000) Gass/Mackey Data Elicitation for Second and Foreign Language Research (2007) Duff Case Study Research in Applied Linguistics (2007) McDonough/Trofimovich Using Priming Methods in Second Language Research (2008) Dörnyei/Taguchi Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing, Second Edition (2009) Bowles The Think-Aloud Controversy in Second Language Research (2010) Jiang Conducting Reaction Time Research for Second Language Studies (2011) Barkhuizen/Benson/Chik Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research (2013) Jegerski/VanPatten Research Methods in Second Language Psycholinguistics (2013) Larson-Hall A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS and R, Second Edition (2015) Plonsky Advancing Quantitative Methods in Second Language Research (2015) Of Related Interest: Gass Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner (1997) Gass/Sorace/Selinker Second Language Learning Data Analysis, Second Edition (1998) Mackey/Gass Second Language Research: Methodology and Design (2005) Gass with Behney & Plonsky Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course, Fourth Edition (2013) ADVANCING QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH Edited by Luke Plonsky NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY First published 2015 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Taylor & Francis The right of Luke Plonsky to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Plonsky, Luke. Advancing quantitative methods in second language research / Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University. pages cm. — (Second Language Acquisition Research Series) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Second language acquisition—Resesarch. 2. Second language acquisition—Data processing. 3. Language and languages—Study and teaching—Research. 4. Language acquisition—Research. 5. Language acquisition—Data processing. 6. Quantitative research. 7. Multilingual computing. 8. Computational linguistics. I. Title. P118.2.P65 2015 401'.93—dc23 2014048744 ISBN: 978-0-415-71833-2 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-71834-9 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-87090-8 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC For Pamela This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xvii List of Contributors xix PART I Introduction 1 1 Introduction 3 Luke Plonsky 2 Why Bother Learning Advanced Quantitative Methods in L2 Research? 9 James Dean Brown PART II Enhancing Existing Quantitative Methods 21 3 Statistical Power, p Values, Descriptive Statistics, and Effect Sizes: A “Back-to-Basics” Approach to Advancing Quantitative Methods in L2 Research 23 Luke Plonsky 4 A Practical Guide to Bootstrapping Descriptive Statistics, Correlations, t Tests, and ANOVAs 46 Geoffrey T. LaFlair, Jesse Egbert, and Luke Plonsky
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