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Why Mixed Models?

Mixed modelling has become pretty popular over the last ten years or so. These models combine conventional fixed effects with random effects (thus, …

Statistics Zero: Is Data Plural?

If you talk to a linguist for any amount of time they will probably inform you that linguists are not grammarians. Linguists are not enforcers of …

Convergence

When I was a kid, I loved to play the “why” game. You pick a topic, anything will do, and keep asking “why?” until your adult …