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HIF-3082 Quantitative Methods in Linguistics - 10 stp
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Type of course
Course contents
Application deadline
Applicants from countries within EU/EEA: 1 December for courses offered in the spring semester.
Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for courses offered in the spring semester.
Admission requirements
Bachelor's Degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in a language or linguistics, or a degree combining linguistics and literature. The applicant should have at least three semesters (minimum 80 ECTS) of concentrated work in linguistics and/or language. Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent issued in Europe, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand: An average grade C as a minimum requirement. Applicants who hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent issued in countries other than the above mentioned region/countries: An average grade B as a minimum requirement.
Application code: 9371 - Enkeltemner på masternivå (Nordic applicants).
Objective of the course
Knowledge
By the end of the course the student has a basic knowledge and understanding of the following areas:
- General Logic and Inference
- Basic Probability Theory
- Modelling and Statistical Tests
- The Programming Language R for Statistical Analysis
Skills
In practical terms, the student has acquired the following connected skills:
- How to gather and organize data either experimentally or from corpora.
- How to model complex data with appropriate choice of statistical model.
- How to test statistical models with the appropriate tests.
- How to use R to organize and explore patterns in the data, and run the standard statistical tests required in reporting scientific research.
Language of instruction
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars/exercises and discussions.
Quality assurance: All courses undergo a halfway evaluation once in a 2-year period at the master's level. The Programme Board determines which programme options will be evaluated per year, and which courses will be evaluated by the students and the teacher per year.
Assessment
The following coursework requirements must be completed and approved in order to take the final exam: Biweekly homeworks (assessed approved/not approved).
The exam will consist of:
Term paper ("semesteroppgave") of approximately 15 pages on a topic chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. The student will work on the term paper throughout the semester under supervision of the instructor and deliver it on the assigned date. The term paper will be written in English. The standards for written assignments are to be followed: Times New Roman, 12pt, 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins.
Performance in the course will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. A re-sit examination is offered in the beginning of the following semester in the event of an F grade. A re-scheduled examination is offered in the beginning of the following semester for students who were unable to take the final exam due to illness or other exceptional circumstances. The deadline to register for a re-sit/re-scheduled examination in StudentWeb is 15 August (for courses offered in the spring semester). In the event of a re-sit/re-scheduled examination, the student is allowed to submit a revised version of his/her term paper within a given deadline. The exam date for the re-sit/re-scheduled examination will be published in StudentWeb approximately 2 weeks after the deadline for registration.
For questions about exams at UiT, please consult this web page.
Date for examination
The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.