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Writing about Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics

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  • © 2014

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  1. Lindy Woodrow

    1. University of Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 1-8

  3. General Considerations in Writing about Quantitative Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Writing about Research Design

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 11-24

    3. Reliability, Validity and Ethics

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 25-35

    4. Writing about Participants

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 36-48

    5. Presenting Descriptive Statistics

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 49-60

  4. Writing about Specific Statistical Procedures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Writing about T-tests

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 63-72

    3. ANOVA, ANCOVA and MANOVA

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 73-84

    4. Writing about Regression

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 85-95

    5. Writing about Correlation

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 96-109

    6. Writing about Factor Analysis

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 110-121

    7. Writing about Structural Equation Modelling

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 122-134

    8. Writing about Non-parametric Tests

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 135-145

  5. Publishing Quantitative Research in Applied Linguistics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Publishing Research: Journal Articles

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 149-161

    3. Publishing Research: Book Chapters and Books

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 162-169

    4. Academic Style

      • Lindy Woodrow
      Pages 170-188

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 189-199
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About this book

With increasing pressure on academics and graduate students to publish in peer reviewed journals, this book offers a much-needed guide to writing about and publishing quantitative research in applied linguistics. With annotated examples and useful resources, this book will be indispensable to graduate students and seasoned researchers alike.

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“In recent years, there has been an endless stream of books on how to write research papers or reports … . this book is very suitable for new researchers when they step into the field of applied linguistics. … this book acts as a really good reference book and provides great help to researchers in conducting quantitative research efficiently. It offers a body of guidelines for new researchers in the field of applied linguistics when they write about quantitative research.” (Honggang Liu, BAAL, Issue 111, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sydney, Australia

    Lindy Woodrow

About the author

Lindy Woodrow is a Senior Lecturer (Honorary) at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has published in the areas of academic writing, academic adaptation and second language motivation. She has taught on thesis and dissertation writing courses and is a regular reviewer and statistics advisor for high ranking journals in applied linguistics.

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