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Loewen, Shawn; Gönülal, Talip; Isbell, Daniel R.; Ballard, Laura; Crowther, Dustin; Lim, Jungmin; Maloney, Jeffrey; Tigchelaar, Magda – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Despite the prevalence of quantitative approaches in applied linguistics (AL) and second language acquisition (SLA) research (Gass, 2009), evidence indicates a need for improvement in analyzing and reporting SLA data (e.g., Larson-Hall & Plonsky, 2015). However, to improve quantitative research, researchers must possess the statistical…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Researchers
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Loewen, Shawn; Lavolette, Elizabeth; Spino, Le Anne; Papi, Mostafa; Schmidtke, Jens; Sterling, Scott; Wolff, Dominik – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2014
The importance of statistical knowledge in applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA) research has been emphasized in recent publications. However, the last investigation of the statistical literacy of applied linguists occurred more than 25 years ago (Lazaraton, Riggenbach, & Ediger, 1987). The current study undertook a partial…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Second Language Learning
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Loewen, Shawn; Gass, Susan – Language Teaching, 2009
Second language acquisition (SLA) as a discipline has not had a long history and, as any new discipline, has seen growing pains over the years. This research timeline traces the development of the increased and more sophisticated use of statistics in SLA research and the increasing demands for rigor in their use. Use of statistical procedures has…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Educational Research, Statistics