Statistics : a component of the research process
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Statistics : a component of the research process
（Information management, policy, and services / Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon, editors）
Ablex Pub. Corp., c1994
Rev. ed
- : pbk
Available at 9 libraries
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University of Tsukuba Library, Library on Library and Information Science
: pbk013.5:H-53971002760
Note
Bibliography: p. 231-240
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9781567500929
Description
This book provides a general discussion beneficial to librarians and library school students, and demonstrates the steps of the research process, decisions made in the selection of a statistical technique, how to program a computer to perform number crunching, how to compute those statistical techniques appearing most frequently in the literature of library and information science, and examples from the literature of the uses of different statistical techniques. The book accomplishes the following objectives: to provide an overview of the research process and to show where statistics fit in; to identify journals in library and information science most likely to publish research articles; to identify reference tools that provide access to the research literature; to show how microcomputers can be programmed to engage in number crunching; to introduce basic statistical concepts and terminology; to present basic statistical procedures that appear most frequently in the literature of library and information science and that have application to library decision making; to discuss library decision support systems and show the types of statistical techniques they can perform; and to summarize the major decisions that researchers must address in deciding which statistical techniques to employ.
Table of Contents
Preface Research, Evaluation, and Statistics: An Overview Access to the Research Literature Data Analysis Using Microcomputers Basic Concepts The Descriptive Presentation of Data Hypotheses Testing and Statistical Inferences The t-test, Mann-Whitney U Test, Chi-square Test of Independence, Phi Coefficient, and Cramer's V. Correlation Analysis of Variance, Regression, Correspondence Analysis, and Factor Analysis Decision Support Systems and Performance Measures Summary Appendix A: Partial Checklist of Decision Points for Developing a Cover Letter and Questionnaire Appendix B: Determination of Sample Size: Sources and Software Bibliography Author Index Subject Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781567500936
Description
This book provides a general discussion beneficial to librarians and library school students, and demonstrates the steps of the research process, decisions made in the selection of a statistical technique, how to program a computer to perform number crunching, how to compute those statistical techniques appearing most frequently in the literature of library and information science, and examples from the literature of the uses of different statistical techniques. The book accomplishes the following objectives: to provide an overview of the research process and to show where statistics fit in; to identify journals in library and information science most likely to publish research articles; to identify reference tools that provide access to the research literature; to show how microcomputers can be programmed to engage in number crunching; to introduce basic statistical concepts and terminology; to present basic statistical procedures that appear most frequently in the literature of library and information science and that have application to library decision making; to discuss library decision support systems and show the types of statistical techniques they can perform; and to summarize the major decisions that researchers must address in deciding which statistical techniques to employ.
Table of Contents
Preface
Research, Evaluation, and Statistics: An Overview
Access to the Research Literature
Data Analysis Using Microcomputers
Basic Concepts
The Descriptive Presentation of Data
Hypotheses Testing and Statistical Inferences
The t-test, Mann-Whitney U Test, Chi-square Test of Independence, Phi Coefficient, and Cramer's V. Correlation
Analysis of Variance, Regression, Correspondence Analysis, and Factor Analysis
Decision Support Systems and Performance Measures
Summary
Appendix A: Partial Checklist of Decision Points for Developing a Cover Letter and Questionnaire
Appendix B: Determination of Sample Size: Sources and Software
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
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