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Understanding research in second language learning :

Brown, James Dean.

Understanding research in second language learning : a teacher's guide to statistics and research design / James Dean Brown. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1988. - xi, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New directions in language teaching. .



Includes bibliographical references ( p. 209-210) and index.

Foreword / Howard B. Altman --
Preface --
What is research? --
Variables --
Data organization --
Controlling extraneous variables --
Critiquing statistical studies --
The group and the individuals --
Patterns in human behaviour --
Statistics for testing --
Statistical logic --
Correlation --
Comparing means --
Comparing frequencies --
Hands-on critique and posttest --
References --
Index. TOC



0521305241 0521315514 (pbk.) 9780521305242

87035487


Second language acquisition--Statistical methods.

Foreign language skills -- Acquisition -- Research

P118.2 / .B76 1988

418.0021 / BRU 1988