Ling 632: Laboratory Research.
Instructor and contact information
Instructor: Amy Schafer
Email: aschafer@hawaii.edu
Office: Moore 562
Office phone: 956-3226
Office hours: Please sign up for an appointment on the clipboard outside
my office door. When needed, we can arrange to meet in one of the
laboratories.
Mailbox: When turning in papers or leaving messages for me, please
either leave the item in the wooden box outside my office door, or place
it in an envelope with my name on it and hand it to the Linguistics office
staff.
Course description
This course covers commonly used techniques for laboratory-based research
in linguistics, including research on speech perception, speech production,
sentence comprehension, sentence production, language acquisition, and
other areas. Because this is a general course, it will not typically
cover techniques that are specific to one of these areas or provide in-depth
treatment of any area. Rather, it will cover the basics of techniques
that tend to be used in many areas.
Prerequisites
None, but the course will be much more valuable if you have ideas that
you want to explore using laboratory tools. If you don’t have any
ideas yet, meet with your advisor as soon as possible for some suggestions.
You do NOT need to have taken statistics to take this course, although
it is strongly recommended that students planning to do laboratory research
take statistics.
Course objectives
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Engage in many of the principal methods of laboratory-based linguistic
research, including aspects of hardware, software, experimental design,
and analysis.
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Extend your skills in critical and logical thinking by conducting exercises
in laboratory-based research.
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Gain understanding of ethical issues and responsible conduct for laboratory-based
research.
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Acquire hands-on experience in a major laboratory research method for one
area of linguistics by designing a simple research project in the area,
demonstrating all relevant techniques, and turning in a complete description
of the methodology.
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Enhance your skills in describing laboratory methods in oral presentations
and written reports.
Links related to responsible conduct in research
NIH Certification in use
of human subjects
onlineethics.org
- research
On Being a Scientist: Responsible
Conduct in Research
Research
ethics modules from NC State University
Definitions
and examples of sexual harassment - UH
UH Student Conduct
Code