Content

UNIT 1. Why you need to use statistics in your research ……………….4

PRESENT TENSES. Present Simple. Present Continuous. State Verbs.......................................7

Unit 2. A very brief history of statistics…………………………..………..…9

PAST TENSES І. Past Simple. Past Continuous. Used to/ would…………..…...….12

UNIT 3. variable and constant. discrete and continuous………….…..13

present perfect. Present perfect continuous…………………………………..15

UNIT 4. cardinal and ordinal. population and sample………………..….17

PAST TENSES ІІ Past Perfect. Past Perfect Continuous……………………………19

Unit 5. Misuses of statistics……………………………………………………...…21

FUTURE 1 Plans, Intentions and Predictions: Present Continuous; Going to; Will...24

Unit 6. Basic statistical vocabulary……………………………………..….…26

FUTURE 2 Present Simple; be about to; future continuous; future perfect…………29

Test prectice. Academic writing task 1 ………………………………..…………….….31

Test Yourself (Unit 1–6) ……………………………………………………………….31

Unit 7. Sources of Data…………………………………………………………….…34

Adjectives and adverbs ………………………………………………………..…….37

Unit 8. Presenting Categorical Data……………………………………………39

COMPARING THINGS Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.….…42

Test prectice. Academic Writing Task 2 ……………………….……………………….44

Unit 9. Analysing and Presenting Data……………………..…………………45

Modals. Obligation and necessity; suggestion and advice; adverbs……………..47

Modals. Ability; possibility; alternatives to modals…………………………..…48

Unit 10. Describing data………………………………………………………………50

reporting speech……………………………………………………………..54

UNIT 11 categorical data in tables and graphs…………………………….55

THE INFINITIVE. –ING FORMS…………………………………………………..58

Unit 12 numerical data in tables and graphs………………………………..60

Likelihood based on conditions Zero, first and second conditionals; other ways to introduce a condition…………………………………………………..63

Third conditional; mixed conditionals; wishes and regrets; should(n’t) have........64

Test Practice. Academic Reading…………………………………………………………67

Test prectice. Academic Writing Task 3 ……………………………………………… 70

Test Yourself (Units 7 – 12) ………………………………………………………….70

KeyS TO GRAMMAR EXERSISES …………………………………………………………..73

Grammar ReFERENCES………………………………………………..…………………..80

IRREGULAR VERBS …………………………………………………………………………..97

GLOSSARY...…………………………………………………..……………………………..100

KEY VOCABULARY ………………………...………………………..……………………..102

References ………………………………………………………………….......................103

CONTENT ………………………………………………………………………………….…104

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