Robert J. Podesva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stanford University. Devyani Sharma is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London.

• 1. Introduction Devyani Sharma and Robert J. Podesva; Part I. Data Collection: 2. Ethics in linguistic research Penelope Eckert; 3. Judgment data Carson Schütze and Jon Sprouse; 4. Fieldwork for language description Shobhana Chelliah; 5. Population samples Isabelle Buchstaller and Ghada Khattab; 6. Surveys and interviews Natalie Schilling; 7. Experimental research design Rebekha Abbuhl, Susan Gass and Alison Mackey; 8. Experimental paradigms in psycholinguistics Elsi Kaiser; 9. Sound recordings: acoustic and articulatory data Robert J. Podesva and Elizabeth Zsiga; 10. Ethnography and recording interaction Erez Levon; 11. Using historical texts Ans van Kemenade and Bettelou Los; Part II. Data Processing and Statistical Analysis: 12. Transcription Naomi Nagy and Devyani Sharma; 13. Creating and using corpora Stefan Th. Gries and John Newman; 14. Descriptive statistics Daniel Ezra Johnson; 15. Basic significance testing Stefan Th. Gries; 16. Multivariate statistics R. Harald Baayen; Part III. Foundations for Linguistic Data Analysis: 17. Acoustic analysis Paul Boersma; 18. Constructing and supporting a linguistic analysis John Beavers and Peter Sells; 19. Modelling in the language sciences Willem Zuidema and Bart de Boer; 20. Variation analysis James Walker; 21. Discourse analysis Susan Ehrlich and Tanya Romaniuk; 22. Studying language over time Hélène Blondeau.

'Everything you want in a research methods text: wide-ranging, well organized, informative and clearly written, with a good balance of practical guidance and critical reflection. It's an invaluable resource for research students and those who teach them.' Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford

Robert J. Podesva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stanford University. Devyani Sharma is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London.

• 1. Introduction Devyani Sharma and Robert J. Podesva; Part I. Data Collection: 2. Ethics in linguistic research Penelope Eckert; 3. Judgment data Carson Schütze and Jon Sprouse; 4. Fieldwork for language description Shobhana Chelliah; 5. Population samples Isabelle Buchstaller and Ghada Khattab; 6. Surveys and interviews Natalie Schilling; 7. Experimental research design Rebekha Abbuhl, Susan Gass and Alison Mackey; 8. Experimental paradigms in psycholinguistics Elsi Kaiser; 9. Sound recordings: acoustic and articulatory data Robert J. Podesva and Elizabeth Zsiga; 10. Ethnography and recording interaction Erez Levon; 11. Using historical texts Ans van Kemenade and Bettelou Los; Part II. Data Processing and Statistical Analysis: 12. Transcription Naomi Nagy and Devyani Sharma; 13. Creating and using corpora Stefan Th. Gries and John Newman; 14. Descriptive statistics Daniel Ezra Johnson; 15. Basic significance testing Stefan Th. Gries; 16. Multivariate statistics R. Harald Baayen; Part III. Foundations for Linguistic Data Analysis: 17. Acoustic analysis Paul Boersma; 18. Constructing and supporting a linguistic analysis John Beavers and Peter Sells; 19. Modelling in the language sciences Willem Zuidema and Bart de Boer; 20. Variation analysis James Walker; 21. Discourse analysis Susan Ehrlich and Tanya Romaniuk; 22. Studying language over time Hélène Blondeau.

'Everything you want in a research methods text: wide-ranging, well organized, informative and clearly written, with a good balance of practical guidance and critical reflection. It's an invaluable resource for research students and those who teach them.' Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford

Robert J. Podesva is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stanford University. Devyani Sharma is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London.

• 1. Introduction Devyani Sharma and Robert J. Podesva; Part I. Data Collection: 2. Ethics in linguistic research Penelope Eckert; 3. Judgment data Carson Schütze and Jon Sprouse; 4. Fieldwork for language description Shobhana Chelliah; 5. Population samples Isabelle Buchstaller and Ghada Khattab; 6. Surveys and interviews Natalie Schilling; 7. Experimental research design Rebekha Abbuhl, Susan Gass and Alison Mackey; 8. Experimental paradigms in psycholinguistics Elsi Kaiser; 9. Sound recordings: acoustic and articulatory data Robert J. Podesva and Elizabeth Zsiga; 10. Ethnography and recording interaction Erez Levon; 11. Using historical texts Ans van Kemenade and Bettelou Los; Part II. Data Processing and Statistical Analysis: 12. Transcription Naomi Nagy and Devyani Sharma; 13. Creating and using corpora Stefan Th. Gries and John Newman; 14. Descriptive statistics Daniel Ezra Johnson; 15. Basic significance testing Stefan Th. Gries; 16. Multivariate statistics R. Harald Baayen; Part III. Foundations for Linguistic Data Analysis: 17. Acoustic analysis Paul Boersma; 18. Constructing and supporting a linguistic analysis John Beavers and Peter Sells; 19. Modelling in the language sciences Willem Zuidema and Bart de Boer; 20. Variation analysis James Walker; 21. Discourse analysis Susan Ehrlich and Tanya Romaniuk; 22. Studying language over time Hélène Blondeau.

'Everything you want in a research methods text: wide-ranging, well organized, informative and clearly written, with a good balance of practical guidance and critical reflection. It's an invaluable resource for research students and those who teach them.' Deborah Cameron, University of Oxford