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The aim of this chapter is to test more effectively the relationships indicated by the Pearson’s Correlations and scatterplots in chapter 5. In statistical terms one has an independent, or predictor, variable(s) and a dependent, or predicted variable(s). The first is normally the variable one believes affects the second. In the Huntly study, the independent variables are AGE, SEX, MENURB, SOCNET, SOCLAS, ATTDIA and NATPRI, as it was believed that these would have an effect on the language of the individuals interviewed, which was measured by the dependent variables PHOVAR, SSSCOR and LEXREC.
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Marshall, J. (2004). Statistical Testing. In: Language Change and Sociolinguistics. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Language Variation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504134_6
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