EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PART 2

PART 2

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

• THE SUBJECTS (THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXPERIMENT)
• EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
• EXPERIMENT TYPES
• STATISTICAL AND NON-STATISTICAL PROCESSING OF RESULTS
• ACTION RESEARCH

THIS LESSON WE SHALL GET INTRODUCED TO:

• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• TYPES OF VARIABLES

DURING THE PREVIOUS LESSON WE TALKED ABOUT:

01

THE SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN THE EXPERIMENT: SAMPLES AND POPULATIONS

01

SELECTING AND ORGANISING THE SUBJECTS: RANDOM SELECTION and CONTROL GROUP

CHI-SQUARE

CORRELATION

ANOVA and ANCOVA

VARIANCE

STANDARD ERROR

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

STANDARD DEVIATION

MEDIAN

click on these items to learn what they are

MEAN

Types of statistics

A VERY USEFUL KIND OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH: ACTION RESEARCH

The action research cycle:

Action research: an example for language teaching

An example:Problem: In technical translation, the specific terminology search is time consuming. Reduction of time devoted to search affects accuracy.Hypothesis: Organised team work can reduce time devoted to specific terminology search while preserving accuracyIntervention: A team of 5 translators is assigned to a translation project. They are instructed to organise the terminology search with 2 translators doing the initial search, 2 translators checking accuracy and 1 translator controlling quality.Evaluation: After the translation is finished, the client is asked to answer a client satisfaction survey which requires to rate the quality of the translation and the time efficacy. The team are interviewed to learn about their impressions of this work methodology.

Can we do it in translation? Sure

click on the titles to get the research papers

Major Skills and Abilities of Blind and Visually Impaired Translators

The plurilingual classroom and ELT: The challenge to overcome tensions between aboriginal languages and hegemonic languagesVideogame localization and its impact on players' immersion

Design an action research Project as a follow up (continue the research) of one of these studies

+ INFO

"Fasten your seat belts": Investigating learners' perceptions regarding the implementation of tasks in an English online course

You are to design an action research project

YOU MAY DESIGN YOUR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT AS A TEAM(2-4 MEMBERS)iF YOU DO SO, REMEMBER TO WRITE THE NAMES OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM IN THE FORUM POSTING

TO WRITE IN FORUM

• Problem: E.G.: STUDENTS DO NOT DO HOMEWORK
• Hypothesis: E.G.: RESPONSIBILITY FOR DOING THE HOMEWORK WILL INCREASE IF SS ARE ASSIGNED GROUP WORK
• Pre-test: FOR A MONTH, THE TEACHER FILLS A HOMEWORK FORM WHICH RECORDS EACH S'S COMPLIANCE WITH WEEKLY HOMEWORK
• Intervention: ss ARE ASSIGNED TO GROUPS OF 5 SS TO DO HOMEWORK
• Evaluation of results: THE SAME HOMEWORK FORM IS USED TO CHECK SS' COMPLIANCE WITH GROUP HOMEWORK

STATE:

Thank you!