QML - Week 1

Onboarding

Stefano Coretta

Welcome to QML!

Who am I?

  • Dr Stefano [ˈsteˑfano] Coretta

  • Lecturer (= Assistant Professor) in LEL.

  • Methodological theory and statistics in linguistics.

My researcher orientation

Read it here.

Who are you?

The approach of the course


knowledge-oriented research

practice-intensive course

What will you learn?

How will we do statistics?


programming language

IDE

The journey

Week Topic
2-3 R/RStudio Basics + Data summaries
4 Plotting data
5 Introduction to statistical modelling
6-10 Regression modelling

Where to find everything



uoelel.github.io/qml/

See the Content page for a week-by-week breakdown.

Also see Learn.

How the course works


LECTURES

Week 1-10

Week’s readings due!

WORKSHOPS

Week 2-10

How you will be assessed

Formative assessments



4 Self-reflections



2 Quizzes

Summative assessments



Final Self-reflection



Group Project

Detailed information on assessment can be found here: https://uoelel.github.io/qml/assessments.html

What has changed this year?

Last year’s feedback

  • Pace of the course: too slow AND too fast
    • No real solution… BUT change of pace between Week 4 and 5.
  • Lecture content is variable
    • Now readings must be completed before each lecture.
  • Group project: too many formats
    • Data analysis is the only format.

Where to find help


book office hours

[link also on the course homepage]

Piazza Q&A forum

[access via Learn]

Group activity