Statistics for library decision making : a handbook
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Statistics for library decision making : a handbook
（Information management, policy, and services / Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon, editors）
Ablex Pub., c1989
- : pbk.
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Bibliography: p. 185-191
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780893915865
Description
This handbook assists students in understanding statistics and the types of decisions that the selection of a test entails. At the same time the volume will assist a broad audience by reviewing the research process; by presenting fundamental statistical concepts and methods; by identifying writings on library management using statistical analyses; by discussing statistical applications to library management, decision making and problem solving; and by familiarizing library managers with statistical tables and analysis and graphics software. The purpose of this volume is to supplement statistical textbooks and to inform library managers and library school students about the application of selected statistical tests and the interpretation of statistical findings. This volume presents basic statistical and research concepts clearly. It is not intended as a textbook that identifies numerous statistical tests and merely details their computations. Rather, the book complements the pool of existing textbooks by placing selected statistical applications in the context of the research process and library decision.
Table of Contents
Foreword Preface Background-Research, Statistics, and Library Decision Making Value of Library Administration Literature Conveying Research Findings Microcomputer Applications Basic Definitions and Concepts The Desciptive Presentation of Data Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing The t-test, Mann-Whitney U Test, Chi-square Test of Independence, and Phi Coefficient Correlation Analysis of Variance, Regression, and Factor Analysis Examples of Statistical Applications Communication of Research Findings Appendix A : Answers to Summary Questions Appendix B: Statistical Analysis Software Bibliography Author Index Subject Index
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: pbk. ISBN 9780893916053
Description
This handbook assists students in understanding statistics and the types of decisions that the selection of a test entails. At the same time the volume will assist a broad audience by reviewing the research process; by presenting fundamental statistical concepts and methods; by identifying writings on library management using statistical analyses; by discussing statistical applications to library management, decision making and problem solving; and by familiarizing library managers with statistical tables and analysis and graphics software. The purpose of this volume is to supplement statistical textbooks and to inform library managers and library school students about the application of selected statistical tests and the interpretation of statistical findings. This volume presents basic statistical and research concepts clearly. It is not intended as a textbook that identifies numerous statistical tests and merely details their computations. Rather, the book complements the pool of existing textbooks by placing selected statistical applications in the context of the research process and library decision.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Background-Research, Statistics, and Library Decision Making
Value of Library Administration Literature Conveying Research Findings
Microcomputer Applications
Basic Definitions and Concepts
The Desciptive Presentation of Data
Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
The t-test, Mann-Whitney U Test, Chi-square Test of Independence, and Phi Coefficient
Correlation
Analysis of Variance, Regression, and Factor Analysis
Examples of Statistical Applications
Communication of Research Findings
Appendix A : Answers to Summary Questions
Appendix B: Statistical Analysis Software
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
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