Resources
Researching English Language
Interpreting and analysing data
The sections in the book in this thread are:
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Clarifying what you have found out |
The how and why of data analysis |
Data analysis and interpretation |
Analysing English language data |
Types of data and approaches to analysis |
Data analysis example 1: sounds |
Transcription as a stage in data analysis |
Jennifer Coates, Joanna Thornborrow. |
From ‘closed’ questionnaires to collections of written texts |
Data analysis example 2: words |
Identifying patterns in data |
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Analysing spoken data: first steps |
Data analysis example 3: clauses |
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Identifying patterns |
Data analysis example 4: discourse |
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Identifying quantities |
Data analysis examples: summary |
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Stages of analysis |
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Additional material on interpreting and analysing data
Qualitative data analysis
A website which supports the analysis of qualitative data is http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_QDA/preparing_data.php
This is more applicable for social research in general, rather than detailed linguistic analysis, but there is a lot of useful guidance and information to be found here.
Corpus analysis
If you plan to use corpus analysis, then you will need access to appropriate software. One free program which is likely to be useful is Antconc. You can find information about this, along with lots of support material at http://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/antconc_index.html.
Quantitative data analysis
For an entertaining, basic introduction to some key ideas in statistics, try the BBC-Open University site at http://www.open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/maths/menu_statistics.html. For more detailed explanations of how statistics may be used in sociolinguistic research, Dick Hudson’s online mini course is very useful: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/stats.htm.