Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Why do linguists need statistics?; 2. Tables and graphs; 3. Summary measures; 4. Statistical inference; 5. Probability; 6. Modelling statistical populations; 7. Estimating from samples; 8. Testing hypotheses about population values; 9. Testing the fit of models to data; 10. Measuring the degree of interdependence between two variables; 11. Testing for differences between two populations; 12. Analysis of variance - ANOVA; 13. Linear regression; 14. Searching for groups and clusters; 15. Principal components analysis and factor analysis; Appendices; References; Index.