Chapter 2. Experimental research
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Henk Cremers
Abstract
Experimental research in psychology, psycholinguistics or medicine provides quantitative and therefore seemingly conclusive and trustworthy evidence. However, it has been convincingly shown that most research findings are actually false. This has hardly influenced the dominant scientific evaluation system which reflects a continued trust in the unbiasedness of data by a strong reliance on simple quantifications of scientific quality and productivity, such as number of publications and number of citations. This state of affairs is remarkable in the light of a long history of strong criticism of commonly used inference methods and scientific evaluation systems, which is now backed by large-scale research projects directly questioning the reproducibility of scientific findings. This way, the large amounts of data – “big-data” – have helped to uncover some of these problematic issues, but also provided a more open attitude towards data and code sharing. In addition, novel analytic frameworks may help to better integrate empirical data with computational models.
Abstract
Experimental research in psychology, psycholinguistics or medicine provides quantitative and therefore seemingly conclusive and trustworthy evidence. However, it has been convincingly shown that most research findings are actually false. This has hardly influenced the dominant scientific evaluation system which reflects a continued trust in the unbiasedness of data by a strong reliance on simple quantifications of scientific quality and productivity, such as number of publications and number of citations. This state of affairs is remarkable in the light of a long history of strong criticism of commonly used inference methods and scientific evaluation systems, which is now backed by large-scale research projects directly questioning the reproducibility of scientific findings. This way, the large amounts of data – “big-data” – have helped to uncover some of these problematic issues, but also provided a more open attitude towards data and code sharing. In addition, novel analytic frameworks may help to better integrate empirical data with computational models.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Dedication v
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Bridging theoretical and experimental linguistic research 9
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Data and its use
- Chapter 2. Experimental research 23
- Chapter 3. Finding long-distance dependencies in the Lassy Corpus 39
- Chapter 4. How to compare speed and accuracy of syntactic parsers 57
- Chapter 5. Adposition clusters in Dutch 77
- Chapter 6. Polarity licensing and intervention by conjunction 93
- Chapter 7. Frequential test of (S)OV as unmarked word order in Dutch and German clauses 107
- Chapter 8. Kratzer’s effect in the nominal domain 125
- Chapter 9. Is bilingual speech production language-specific or non-specific? 139
- Chapter 10. Prosody of restrictive and appositive relative clauses in Dutch and German 155
- Chapter 11. Licensing distributivity 177
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Implementation and theory building
- Chapter 12. Extending categorial grammar to phonology 193
- Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down 207
- Chapter 14. Meaning between algebra and culture 227
- Chapter 15. Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not 249
- Chapter 16. Between desire and necessity 263
- Chapter 17. Inner aspect and the comparative quantifiers 281
- Chapter 18. The expressive en maar -construction 305
- Index 327
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Dedication v
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. Bridging theoretical and experimental linguistic research 9
-
Data and its use
- Chapter 2. Experimental research 23
- Chapter 3. Finding long-distance dependencies in the Lassy Corpus 39
- Chapter 4. How to compare speed and accuracy of syntactic parsers 57
- Chapter 5. Adposition clusters in Dutch 77
- Chapter 6. Polarity licensing and intervention by conjunction 93
- Chapter 7. Frequential test of (S)OV as unmarked word order in Dutch and German clauses 107
- Chapter 8. Kratzer’s effect in the nominal domain 125
- Chapter 9. Is bilingual speech production language-specific or non-specific? 139
- Chapter 10. Prosody of restrictive and appositive relative clauses in Dutch and German 155
- Chapter 11. Licensing distributivity 177
-
Implementation and theory building
- Chapter 12. Extending categorial grammar to phonology 193
- Chapter 13. Stacking up for the long way down 207
- Chapter 14. Meaning between algebra and culture 227
- Chapter 15. Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not 249
- Chapter 16. Between desire and necessity 263
- Chapter 17. Inner aspect and the comparative quantifiers 281
- Chapter 18. The expressive en maar -construction 305
- Index 327
