Methodological Synthesis in Quantitative L2 Research: A Review of Reviews and a Case Study of Exploratory Factor Analysis

Methodological Synthesis in Quantitative L2 Research: A Review of Reviews and a Case Study of Exploratory Factor Analysis
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定量 L2 研究中的方法论综合:评论回顾和探索性因素分析案例研究

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2015
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Talip Gonulal
Talip Gonulal
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Luke Plonsky;Talip Gonulal

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研究综合和荟萃分析提供了一种途径,可以将特定领域的研究结果汇集在一起,具有比传统评论更大的系统性,客观性和透明度。同样的技术和相应的好处可以并已经应用于检查第二语言(L2)研究的方法实践(例如,Plonsky,2013)。在本文的前半部分,我们整合了一些综合研究的结果、趋势和批评,以说明这种方法的潜力,并促进更多的方法论知情的研究实践。我们这里的重点是研究设计和抽样实践。在后半部分,我们提供了一个方法综合的例子,回顾了一个特定的统计技术的使用,应用在L2的研究:探索性因素分析(EFA)。在这里和整个章节中,我们提供了具体的建议,为主要的研究,以及为未来的努力,综合方法实践领域。
Research synthesis and meta-analysis provide a pathway to bring together findings in a given domain with greater systematicity, objectivity, and transparency than traditional reviews. The same techniques and corresponding benefits can be and have been applied to examine methodological practices in second language (L2) research (e.g., Plonsky, 2013). In the first half of this paper, we integrate findings, trends, and critiques from a number of syntheses to both illustrate the potential of this approach and to promote more methodologically informed research practices. Our emphasis here is on study designs and sampling practices. In the second half, we provide an example of a methodological synthesis that reviews the use of one particular statistical technique as applied in L2 research: exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Here and throughout the chapter, we provide specific recommendations for primary research as well as for future efforts to synthesize methodological practices in the field.