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PS: Introduction to Psycholinguistics

PS: Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Winter Term 2005/06 Instructor: Daniel Wiechmann Office hours: Mon 2-3 pm Email: daniel.wiechmann@uni-jena.de Phone: 03641-944534 Web: www.daniel-wiechmann.net. How to write a term paper. Empirical vs theoretical papers For an empirical paper:

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PS: Introduction to Psycholinguistics

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  1. PS: Introduction to Psycholinguistics Winter Term 2005/06 Instructor: Daniel Wiechmann Office hours: Mon 2-3 pm Email: daniel.wiechmann@uni-jena.de Phone: 03641-944534 Web: www.daniel-wiechmann.net

  2. How to write a term paper • Empirical vs theoretical papers • For an empirical paper: • Develop hypothesis • Collect data • Evaluate data • Interpret results

  3. Structure of an empirical paper • Introduction Theoretical overview (Framing) Research question: general hypothesis Hypothesis form: declarative sentence  conditional sentences • Method present the data explain the procedure • Results • Discussion • Conclusion

  4. Methods:Online vs. Offline methods • Online studies: • Aim at measuring the time-course of a process • E.g. neuro-imaging studies, reading time and fixation studies • Offline studies • Aim at the product • E.g. sorting task, elicitation tasks, completion tasks, Judgment tasks questionnaires

  5. Methods:Questionnaires • are an inexpensive way to gather data from a potentially large number of respondents • often are the only feasible way to reach a number of reviewers large enough to allow statistically analysis of the results

  6. Methods: • A well-designed questionnaire that is used effectively can gather information on both the overall performance of the test system as well as information on specific components of the system

  7. Methods: • a questionnaire should be viewed as a multi-stage process beginning with definition of the aspects to be examined and ending with interpretation of the results

  8. Example • Which factors (variables) influence the number of elements quantified by the expression ‘some’ in English? • Hypothesis: The number of elements referred to by the term ‘some’ is contingent on the size of the involved objects

  9. Example (cont.) • [NP some balls [PP in front of [NP the cat] • [NP some balls [PP in front of [NP the table] • [NP some cars [PP in front of [NP the building]

  10. Methods:Designing a questionnaire • Example: Investigating the semantics of ‘some’ • Experimental_design

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