Practical Statistics for Research in Machine Translation and Translation Studies

Antonio Toral


Abstract
The tutorial will introduce a set of very useful statistical tests for conducting analyses in the research areas of Machine Translation (MT) and Translation Studies (TS). For each statistical test, the presenter will: 1) introduce it in the context of a common research example that pertains to the area of MT and/or TS 2) explain the technique behind the test and its assumptions 3) cover common pitfalls when the test is applied in research studies, and 4) conduct a hands-on activity so that attendees can put the knowledge acquired in practice straight-away. All examples and exercises will be in R. The following statistical tests will be covered: t-tests (both parametric and non-parametric), bootstrap resampling, Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients, linear mixed-effects models.
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W19-7604
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Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XVII: Tutorial Abstracts
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August
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2019
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Dublin, Ireland
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MTSummit | WS
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European Association for Machine Translation
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Antonio Toral. 2019. Practical Statistics for Research in Machine Translation and Translation Studies. In Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XVII: Tutorial Abstracts, Dublin, Ireland. European Association for Machine Translation.
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