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Getting started — loading data, writing and saving scripts

[16/1/14 edit — as the procedure for finding data in Mac OS were detailed in class, I am going to leave off editing this post to show Mac OS steps in detail because: steps are mostly the same; and we’ve … Continue reading

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Mixed-effects modeling — four hour workshop — part II: Data Exploration

We got our data together in Part I of this workshop, eventually arriving at the collation of a single dataframe in ‘long format’ holding all our data on subject attributes, item attributes and behavioural responses to words in a lexical … Continue reading

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Modelling – examining correlations: first, look at predictor distributions

This post will take a more in-depth look at the relationships between variables. A key property of experimental data is that we measure attributes – characteristics of people,  stimuli, and behaviour – and that those measurements (the numbers) vary. Numbers … Continue reading

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Getting started – positioning and getting multiple plots on one page, output as a pdf

This post assumes you know how to set a working directory, load a data file, and run a ggplot() function call to create a histogram using geom_histogram, as discussed here. What are going to do in this post is expand … Continue reading

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Getting started – working directories, loading data, and a bit more plotting

For this post, I am going to assume that you know about files, folders and directories on your computer. In Windows (e.g. in XP and 7), you should be familiar with Windows Explorer. If you are not, this series of … Continue reading

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