1. Introduction -- PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN WRITING ABOUT QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH -- 2. Writing about Research Design -- 3. Reliability, Validity and Ethics -- 4. Writing about Participants -- 5. Presenting Descriptive Statistics -- PART II: WRITING ABOUT SPECIFIC STATISTICAL PROCEDURES -- 6. Writing about T-tests -- 7. Writing about ANOVA, ANCOVA and MANOVA -- 8. Writing about Regression -- 9. Writing about Correlation -- 10. Writing about factor analysis -- 11. Writing about Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) -- 12. Writing about Non-parametric Tests -- PART III: PUBLISHING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS -- 13. Publishing Research: Journal Articles -- 14. Publishing Research: Book Chapters and Books -- 15. Academic Style -- Useful resources for conducting and writing about quantitative research in applied linguistics -- Statistical tests and uses
Summary
"There is increasing pressure on academics and graduate students to publish in peer reviewed journals, but many students and researchers who are new to quantitative methods struggle to write up statistics in reports, theses and journal articles. This book is an accessible reference text aimed at helping people write about quantitative research in applied linguistics, focusing mainly on writing for journals. Different types of statistical analysis are explained in detail along with annotated examples drawn from published and unpublished sources. The book offers advice on academic writing, how and where to get research published, and recommends additional resources helpful for both students and seasoned researchers"-- Provided by publisher
