SPAN581: Research Methods in Linguistics

In this course students will examine the fundamental principles of doing open and reproducible research in SLA, linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Specifically, the focus is on developing an in depth understanding of the most common experimental paradigms and procedures used in quantitative research. Additionally, students will learn details about the entire research process, from generating research questions, collecting and analyzing data, to writing and submitting a scientific report. Students will develop a foundation in the most common tools at the disposal of todays data scientist (i.e. OSF, GitHub, Knitr, etc.). The procedures covered in this course will help beginning researchers assure the integrity of their data, as well as apply the general principles of transparency, reproducibility, and replicability--collectively known as open science--to their own work.