Introduction

This page collects materials for the data-driven assignments in the Fall 2023 edition of Psycholinguistics at UCR. You can also access the related files directly on Github.

Data Center office hours will be announced soon; to schedule an individual meeting, please email ucrdatacenter@ucr.nl.

Assignment guidelines

Small homework assignment

Use what you learned in the first Data Center workshop to complete the following assignment.

The CHILDES database provides data on the use of (mostly spoken) language of a large number of young children. Use parts of the dataset to explore how the spoken language (word choice or number of words, for instance) of children changes over time . Keep you question simple, focus on a small part of the dataset (one or a few children). The chosen variable and/or sample should be different than what is shown in the Data Center workshop. Make one clear visualization of your result and briefly report on (max 200 words) , the research question and your outcome. Also briefly discuss your result in the context of scientific literature. Cite at least two papers (the latter are not part of 200 words).

Final poster

If you choose to use the CHILDES database for your final poster, you can find the poster guidelines here.

Data Center workshops

First workshop

The first Data Center workshop takes place on the Tuesday class of week 5. To prepare for the class, please complete the following:

This video (6:18) and this tutorial explain the layout of RStudio, how to create a project, and how to install and load packages. If you have any questions after watching the video and reading the tutorial, please email datacenter@ucr.nl or attend office hours before the workshop.

You can find the workshop handout here, and additional workshop materials here.

Second workshop

The second Data Center workshop takes place on the Friday class of week 5. It is mandatory for the group working on a data project for their final poster, and optional for the rest of the class.

The case study discussed in the workshop is available here.