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Data Sets and Functions with Analyzing Linguistic Data: A Practical Introduction to Statistics

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Data sets exemplifying statistical methods, and some facilitatory utility functions used in ``Analyzing Linguistic Data: A practical introduction to statistics using R'', Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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R. Baayen

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June 10th, 2025

Functions in languageR (1.6)

durationsOnt

Durational measurements on the Dutch prefix ont-
faz

Frankfurter frequencies
getKnots.fnc

Extracts knots from variable name
getMCMCintervals.fnc

calculate HPD prediction intervals
english

English visual lexical decision and naming latencies
etymology

Etymological age and regularity in Dutch
getPos.fnc

determine position for labels for interaction plots
item.fnc

Function for by-item regression used by simulateRegression.fnc
getRange.fnc

Extracts range of predicted values from list of data frames
implementInteractions.fnc

implement interactions in the model matrix
herdan.fnc

Herdan's C
heid

Lexical decision latencies for words ending in -heid
imaging

fMRI Filtered Signal and Priming Scores for Brain-Damaged Patients
head.growth

Returns first rows of a growth object.
getRoot.fnc

extract simple name of predictor from expression with poly
growthInit

Initialize a vocabulary growth object.
growth-class

Class "growth"
growth2vgc.fnc

Conversion of growth object into a vgc object
finalDevoicing

Final Devoicing in Dutch
growth.fnc

Calculate vocabulary growth curve and vocabulary richness measures
languageR-package

Data sets and functions for 'Analyzing Linguistic Data'
havelaar

The determiner 'het' in the Dutch novel Max Havelaar
items.quasif.fnc

By-item anova for simulated data for quasi-F analysis
lags.fnc

Calculate vector at specified lag
moby

Moby Dick
make.reg.fnc

Make a simulated data set with regression design
makeDefaultMatrix.fnc

Create model matrix with main effects only
makeSplineData.fnc

generate simulated data set with nonlinear function
nessw

Frequency spectrum for -ness in the written BNC
oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
nessdemog

Frequency spectrum for -ness in the context-governed BNC
lexicalMeasures

Lexical measures for 2233 English monomorphemic words
lexdec

Lexical decision latencies for 79 English nouns
lexicalMeasuresClasses

Classification of lexical measures
mvrnormplot.fnc

Scatterplot of bivariate standard normal distribution
latinsquare

Simulated Latin Square data set with subjects and items
nesscg

Frequency spectrum for -ness in the demographic BNC
lmerPlotInt.fnc

Plot the interaction of two linear numeric predictors in a model fitted with lmer
phylogeny

Phylogenetic relations between Papuan and Oceanic languages
plot.growth

Plot method for growth objects
pairscor.fnc

Scatterplot matrix with correlations
plot.corres

Plot method for correspondence objects
primingHeid

Primed lexical decision latencies for neologisms ending in -heid
preparePredictor.fnc

determine X and Y values for a given (sub)plot
oldFrench

Frequencies of tag trigrams in Old French texts
oldFrenchMeta

Meta data for the oldFrench data
print.growth

Print method for growth objects.
quasif

Simulated data set with subjects and items requiring quasi-F ratios
plotlogistic.fit.fnc

Plot for goodness of fit of logistic regression
pvals.fnc

Compute p-values and MCMC confidence intervals for mixed models
ratings

Ratings for 81 English nouns
plotAll.fnc

create plot or plots for list with data frames for plot or subplots
primingHeidPrevRT

Primed lexical decision latencies for neologisms ending in -heid
simulateLatinsquare.fnc

Simulate simple Latin Square data and compare models
shadenormal.fnc

Shade rejection region for normal probability density function
sizeRatings

Size ratings for 81 English concrete nouns
print.corres

Print method for correspondence object
plotLMER.fnc

plot a mer object
periphrasticDo

The development of periphrastic do in English
shrinkage

Data set illustrating shrinkage
parsePredName.fnc

parse character string specifying restricted cubic spline
quasiF.fnc

Quasi-F test
quasiFsim.fnc

Quasi-F test for specific simple design
show.growth

Plot method for growth objects.
selfPacedReadingHeid

Self-paced reading latencies for Dutch neologisms
regularity

Regular and irregular Dutch verbs
transforming.fnc

transform vector according to specified function
through

Through the Looking Glass
yule.fnc

Yule's characteristic constant K
zipf.fnc

Zipf's rank frequency distribution
spanish

Relative frequencies of tag trigrams is selected Spanish texts
splitplot

Simulated data set with split plot design
spectrum.fnc

Frequency spectrum from text vector
warlpiri

Ergative case marking in Warlpiri
ver

The Dutch prefix ver-: semantic transparency and frequency
weightRatings

Subjective estimates of the weight of the referents of 81 English nouns
spanishMeta

Metadata for the spanish and spanishFunctionWords data sets
text2spc.fnc

Create a frequency spectrum from a text vector
tail.growth

Show last rows of growth object.
variationLijk

Variation in spoken Dutch in the use of the suffix -lijk
spanishFunctionWords

Relative frequencies of function words in selected Spanish texts
simulateQuasif.fnc

Simulate data for quasi-F analysis and compare models
subjects.quasif.fnc

By-subject analysis of data sets requiring quasi-F ratios
subjects.latinsquare.fnc

By-subject analysis of simple Latin Square data sets
simulateRegression.fnc

Simulate regression data and compare models
summary.corres

Summarize a correspondence object
twente

Frequency spectrum for the Twente News Corpus
summary.growth

Summary method for growth objects
writtenVariationLijk

Variation in written Dutch in the use of the suffix -lijk
verbs

Dative Alternation - simplified data set
xylowess.fnc

Trellis scatterplot with smoothers
compare.richness.fnc

Compare Lexical Richness of Two Texts
corres-class

Class "corres"
acf.fnc

Autocorrelation trellis graph
corres.fnc

Correspondence Analysis
dativeSimplified

Dative Alternation - simplified data set
durationsGe

Durational measurements on the Dutch prefix ge-
beginningReaders

Visual lexical decision with beginning readers
auxiliaries

Auxiliaries for regular and irregular verbs in Dutch
affixProductivity

Affix productivity
corresInit

Initialize correspondence object
danish

Danish auditory lexical decision
dutchSpeakersDist

Cross-entropy based distances between speakers
corsup.fnc

Supplementary rows or columns in correspondence analysis
dative

Dative Alternation
degreesOrKnots.fnc

Extract degree of polynomial or knots for restricted cubic spline
collin.fnc

Calculate condition number with intercept included
alice

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
aovlmer.fnc

Compute p-values for factors in mixed models
dutchSpeakersDistMeta

Metadata for dutchSpeakersDist