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Gaussian Processes for spatial modeling and bias control In this tutorial I will go over the basics of how to implement and optimize Gaussian Processes (GPs) for area control and spatial modeling in typology. This will not be a mathematical introduction, that has already been done much better than I possibly could. If you are interested in all the mathematical underpining of GPs I highly recommend reading Betancourt explanation. If you find this tutorial useful, please cite: [Read More]

MultivAreate This blogpost will introduce the core of MultivAreate, a statistical model for (areal) typology and dialectology. If you find this tutorial useful please cite: Guzmán Naranjo, Matías and Mertner, Miri. “Estimating areal effects in typology: a case study of African phoneme inventories” Linguistic Typology, vol. 27, no. 2, 2023, pp. 455-480. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2022-0037 Introduction A problem often encountered in typology and dialectology is how to handle multiple (binary) outcomes at the same time. [Read More]

This entry is on the concept, implementation and optimization of phylogenetic regression terms. If you find this tutorial useful, pleace cite the following paper. Guzmán Naranjo, Matías and Becker, Laura. “Statistical bias control in typology” Linguistic Typology, vol. 26, no. 3, 2022, pp. 605-670. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2021-0002 Phylogenetic regression terms When we model linguistic features the most prominent confound is that languages are related to each other and thus, observations are not independent from each other. [Read More]